Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

aphorize

[af-uh-rahyz]
See more synonyms for aphorize on Thesaurus.com
verb (used without object), aph·o·rized, aph·o·riz·ing.
  1. to utter aphorisms; write or speak in aphorisms.
Show More
Also especially British, aph·o·rise.

Origin of aphorize

1660–70; < Greek aphorízein to mark off, define, determine, equivalent to ap- ap-2 + horízein to limit, define; see horizon
Related formsaph·o·riz·er, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for aphorize

aphorize

aphorise

verb
  1. (intr) to write or speak in aphorisms
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012