dentize
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”).
Verb edit
dentize (third-person singular simple present dentizes, present participle dentizing, simple past and past participle dentized)
- (archaic) To teethe.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- The old countess […] did dentize twice or thrice.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “dentize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “dentize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.