physiognomize

English

Etymology

physiognomy +‎ -ize

Verb

physiognomize (third-person singular simple present physiognomizes, present participle physiognomizing, simple past and past participle physiognomized)

1. (transitive) To observe and study the physiognomy of.
   • February 24 1796, Robert Southey, letter to Grovesnor C. Bedford Esq.

     I defy you or Mr. Shandy to physiognomize that man's name

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “physiognomize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)