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stig⋅ma⋅tize

  [stig-muh-tahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
1. to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
2. to mark with a stigma or brand.
3. to produce stigmata, marks, spots, or the like, on.
Also, especially British, stig⋅ma⋅tise.

Origin:
1575–85; < ML stigmatizāre, equiv. to stigmat- (see stigmatic ) + -izāre -ize

Related forms:
stig⋅ma⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
stig⋅ma⋅tiz⋅er, noun
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stig·ma·tize   (stĭg'mə-tīz')   
tr.v.   stig·ma·tized, stig·ma·tiz·ing, stig·ma·tiz·es
  1. To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious.
  2. To mark with stigmata or a stigma.
  3. To cause stigmata to appear on.

[Medieval Latin stigmatizāre, to brand, from Greek stigmatizein, to mark, from stigma, stigmat-, tattoo mark; see stigma.]
stig'ma·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n., stig'ma·tiz'er n.
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Stigmatize

Stig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stigmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Stigmatizing.] [F. stigmatiser, Gr. ?.]

1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary and beloved baseness. --Milton.

2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.

To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized. --Addison.
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