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cliticize

[ klit-uh-sahyz ]
/ ˈklɪt əˌsaɪz /

verb (used without object), clit·i·cized, clit·i·ciz·ing.Linguistics.

to become attached to a word or phrase as a clitic.

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Also especially British, clit·i·cise .

Origin of cliticize

clitic + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM cliticize

clit·i·ci·za·tion, noun

Words nearby cliticize

Clite, clitellum, clithral, clithrophobia, clitic, cliticize, clitoridectomy, clitoriditis, clitoris, clitorism, clitoromegaly
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