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ITALICIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does italicize mean?
• ITALICIZE (verb)
The verb ITALICIZE has 1 sense:
1. print in italics
Familiarity information: ITALICIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they italicize ... he / she / it italicizes
Past simple: italicized
Past participle: italicized
-ing form: italicizing
... he / she / it italicizes Past simple: italicized
Past participle: italicized
-ing form: italicizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Print in italics
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
italicise; italicize
Hypernyms (to "italicize" is one way to...):
impress; print (reproduce by printing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
italic (a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right)
italic (a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right)
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