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/pol"euh muyz'/, v.i., polemized, polemizing.polemicize.Also, esp. Brit., polemise.[ < Gk pólem(os) war + -IZE]
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polemize
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polemize — (Amer.) pÉ‘lɪmaɪ / pÉ’l v. polemicize, argue, dispute, debate, engage in polemics (also polemise) … English contemporary dictionary
polemize — intransitive verb ( mized; mizing) Date: 1828 polemicize … New Collegiate Dictionary
polemize — pol·e·mize … English syllables
polemize — pol•e•mize [[t]ˈpɒl əˌmaɪz[/t]] v. i. mized, miz•ing rht polemicize • Etymology: 1825–35; < Gk pólem(os) war + ize … From formal English to slang
polemize — verb engage in a controversy The two historians polemicized for years • Syn: ↑polemise, ↑polemicize, ↑polemicise • Derivationally related forms: ↑polemic (for: ↑polemicise) … Useful english dictionary
polemized — polemize (Amer.) pÉ‘lɪmaɪ / pÉ’l v. polemicize, argue, dispute, debate, engage in polemics (also polemise) … English contemporary dictionary
polemizes — polemize (Amer.) pÉ‘lɪmaɪ / pÉ’l v. polemicize, argue, dispute, debate, engage in polemics (also polemise) … English contemporary dictionary
polemizing — polemize (Amer.) pÉ‘lɪmaɪ / pÉ’l v. polemicize, argue, dispute, debate, engage in polemics (also polemise) … English contemporary dictionary
polemicise — verb engage in a controversy The two historians polemicized for years • Syn: ↑polemize, ↑polemise, ↑polemicize • Derivationally related forms: ↑polemic, ↑polemic (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
polemicize — verb engage in a controversy The two historians polemicized for years • Syn: ↑polemize, ↑polemise, ↑polemicise • Derivationally related forms: ↑polemic (for: ↑polemicise), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
