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journalize

American  
[jur-nl-ahyz] / ˈdʒɜr nlˌaɪz /
especially British, journalise

verb (used with object)

journalized, journalizing
  1. to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.

  2. to enter or record in a journal.

  3. (in double-entry bookkeeping) to enter in a journal, preparatory to posting to the ledger.


verb (used without object)

journalized, journalizing
  1. to keep or make entries in a journal.

journalize British  
/ ˈdʒɜːnəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to record (daily events) in a journal

"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

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of journalize

First recorded in 1760–70; journal + -ize

Example Sentences

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Lovecraft’s language “fails” only insofar as the narrators fail to get into words, to journalize, some experience that simply cannot be fully available to the meager human senses and mind.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2013

I cannot journalize, cannot arrange my ideas into order.

From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny

He essayed to journalize his experiences on the road; but he lost patience in recording the little incidents which composed them.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

I have not the heart to journalize tonight, everything seems so sad and strange.

From The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua by Cleveland, Cecilia Pauline

The cloud scenery gives such variety to a hilly landscape that it would be worth while to journalize its aspect from hour to hour.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

He was the fountain head of the modern school of journalized science, making abstruse scientific processes into simple stories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prothero's genius had liberated itself for the time being in his last poem; it was detached from him; it wandered free, like a blessed spirit invisible, while Prothero's brain agonized and journalized as Laura said.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

He had no information more than he had given, but he bravely journalized, "Mr. Glover and everybody, ma'am."

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

It will be noticed that in this fragment the scene is at first laid in New England, whereas the journalized sketch opened the drama in England.

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

Henry the Morgue had started his journalizing in a small way.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no use in trying to break off journalizing, particularly in "these trying times."

From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Dawson, Sarah Morgan

We have made a strange beginning of this journalizing experiment.

From The Legacy of Cain by Collins, Wilkie

Phœbe took a sober walk with Miss Fennimore, receiving advice on methodically journalizing what she might see, and on the scheme of employments which might prevent her visit from being waste of time. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Chess, back-gammon, letter-writing, journalizing, smoking, eating, drinking, and sleeping, may at first contribute not a little to the discomfiture of old Time, who walks the sea shod with leaden sandals.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

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