testimonialize

American  

[tes-tuh-moh-nee-uh-lahyz] / ˌtɛs təˈmoʊ ni əˌlaɪz /

especially British, testimonialise

verb (used with object)

testimonialized, testimonializing

1. to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.

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Etymology

Origin of testimonialize

First recorded in 1850–55; testimonial + -ize

Example Sentences

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testimonialized testimonializing

Firing up the faithful: Democratic Senator-elect Herman Talmadge and his longtime mentor, Georgia Political Boss Roy V. Harris, who was being testimonialized for 35 years of service to his state.

From Time Magazine Archive

All those, however, who have had anything to do with subscription lists—and in these days of universal testimonializing who has not?—well know that pounds upon paper and pounds in the pocket are very different things.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith