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cliticize

[ klit-uh-sahyz ]
/ 藞kl瑟t 蓹藢sa瑟z /
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verb (used without object), clit路i路cized, clit路i路ciz路ing.Linguistics.
to become attached to a word or phrase as a clitic.
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Also especially British, clit路i路cise .

Origin of cliticize

clitic + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM cliticize

clit路i路ci路za路tion, noun

Words nearby cliticize

clit, Clite, clitellum, clithral, clitic, cliticize, clitoridectomy, clitoris, Clive, Cliveden, clivers
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