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[
pol
-
uh
-mahyz
]
pol·e·mize
/
ˈpɒl
əˌmaɪz
/
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pol
-
uh
-mahyz
]
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verb (used without object),
-mized,
-miz·ing.
polemicize.
Also,
especially British
,
pol·e·mise
.
Origin:
<
Greek
pólem
(
os
) war +
-ize
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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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polemize
verb
engage in a controversy; "The two historians polemicized for years"
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