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bos⋅well⋅ize

  [boz-wuh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use boswellize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
–verb (used without object)
2. to write in the detailed manner of Boswell.
Also, Bos⋅well⋅ize; especially British, bos⋅well⋅ise, Bos⋅well⋅ise.

Origin:
1830–40; Boswell + -ize

Related forms:
bos⋅well⋅ism, Bos⋅well⋅ism, noun
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Bos·well   (bŏz'wěl', -wəl)   
n.  An assiduous and devoted admirer, student, and recorder of another's words and deeds.

[After James Boswell.]
Bos'well·ize' (-īz') v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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