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aph⋅o⋅rize

[af-uh-rahyz]
–verb (used without object), -rized, -riz⋅ing.
to utter aphorisms; write or speak in aphorisms.
Also, especially British, aph⋅o⋅rise.


Origin:
1660–70; < Gk aphorízein to mark off, define, determine, equiv. to ap- ap- 2 + horízein to limit, define; see horizon


aph⋅o⋅riz⋅er, noun
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verb
speak or write in aphorisms [syn: aphorize
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