aphorize

aphorize
aphorizer, n.
/af"euh ruyz'/, v.i., aphorized, aphorizing.
to utter aphorisms; write or speak in aphorisms.
Also, esp. Brit., aphorise.
[1660-70; < Gk aphorízein to mark off, define, determine, equiv. to ap- AP-2 + horízein to limit, define; see HORIZON]

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