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EPIGRAMMATIZE

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ep⋅i⋅gram⋅ma⋅tize

  [ep-i-gram-uh-tahyz] verb, -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
Use EPIGRAMMATIZE in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to express in epigrams.
2. to make epigrams about (a person or thing).
–verb (used without object)
3. to make epigrams.
Also, especially British, ep⋅i⋅gram⋅ma⋅tise.

Origin:
1685–95; < Gk epigrammatízein; see epigrammatic + -ize

Related forms:
ep⋅i⋅gram⋅ma⋅tist, noun
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ep·i·gram·ma·tize   (ěp'ĭ-grām'ə-tīz')   
v.   ep·i·gram·ma·tized, ep·i·gram·ma·tiz·ing, ep·i·gram·ma·tiz·es

v.   tr.
To express in an epigram.
v.   intr.
To create an epigram.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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