APHORISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aphorise mean? 

• APHORISE (verb)
  The verb APHORISE has 1 sense:

1. speak or write in aphorisms

  Familiarity information: APHORISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APHORISE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak or write in aphorisms

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

aphorise; aphorize

Hypernyms (to "aphorise" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

aphorism (a short pithy instructive saying)