analogize

American  

[uh-nal-uh-jahyz] / əˈnæl əˌdʒaɪz /

especially British, analogise

verb (used without object)

analogized, analogizing

1. to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.

2. to be analogous; show analogy.

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verb (used with object)

analogized, analogizing

1. to make analogous; show an analogy between.

   to analogize a dog to a cat.

analogize British  

/ əˈnæləˌdʒaɪz /

verb

1. (intr) to make use of analogy, as in argument; draw comparisons

2. (tr) to make analogous or reveal analogy in

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Other Word Forms

• unanalogized adjective

Etymology

Origin of analogize

First recorded in 1645–55; analog(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.

From The Wall Street Journal

You analogize that to how, after Brown v.

From Salon

“They’d like to analogize this with the ho-hum updating of the flu vaccine each year — don’t think about it, just get it,” said William Schaffner, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University.

From Washington Times

In this case, speakers analogize the “s” sound at the end of “gracias” and apply it to the English form.

From Scientific American

People have been analogizing A.I. advances to splitting the atom for years.

From New York Times