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analogize

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a⋅nal⋅o⋅gize

  [uh-nal-uh-jahyz] verb, -gized, -giz⋅ing.
Use analogize in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.
2. to be analogous; show analogy.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make analogous; show an analogy between: to analogize a dog to a cat.
Also, especially British, a⋅nal⋅o⋅gise.

Origin:
1645–55; analog(y) + -ize
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a·nal·o·gize   (ə-nāl'ə-jīz')   
v.   a·nal·o·gized, a·nal·o·giz·ing, a·nal·o·giz·es

v.   tr.
To make an analogy of or concerning: analogize the human brain to a computer.
v.   intr.
To reason by or use analogy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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