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 [af-uh-rahyz]  

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; < Greek aphorízein to mark off, define, determine, equivalent to ap- ap-2 + horízein to limit, define; see horizon

Related forms
aph·o·riz·er, noun
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