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parabolize

1 American  
[puh-rab-uh-lahyz] / pəˈræb əˌlaɪz /
especially British, parabolise

verb (used with object)

parabolized, parabolizing

  1. to tell or explain in a parable or parables.

parabolize 2 American  
[puh-rab-uh-lahyz] / pəˈræb əˌlaɪz /
especially British, parabolise

verb (used with object)

parabolized, parabolizing

  1. to form as a parabola or paraboloid.

parabolize 1 British  
/ pəˈræbəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to explain by a parable

"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
parabolize 2 British  
/ pəˈræbəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to shape like a parabola or paraboloid

"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

  • parabolization noun
  • parabolizer noun

Etymology

Origin of parabolize1

1590–1600; < Late Latin parabol ( a ) parable + -ize

Origin of parabolize2

First recorded in 1865–70; parabol(a) + -ize

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After making this tool according to Mr. Nasmyth's pattern, father found it applicable to metal specula only, and unsuitable to glass inasmuch as it would not parabolize, or work in the figure of a parabola.

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