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martyrize

[ mahr-tuh-rahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, mar·tyr·ized, mar·tyr·iz·ing.

1400–50; late Middle English martirizen < Medieval Latin martyrizāre. See martyr, -ize

As to you, my brave companion—(Mylio stops; his foot has struck the iron pincers that served to martyrize Karvel the Perfect).

They cut off their limbs and antennæ and often martyrize them to death with a rabidness that sadly resembles human sentiments!

Must such people come to the Sea to martyrize the sick and to vulgarize the majesty of the Sea, that wild and true grandeur?

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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