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ˈsycophantize, v. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
†1. intr. To utter malicious accusations; to slander, calumniate. Obs.
1634Bp. Reynolds Shieldes of Earth (1636) 32 The Accuser..doth not informe, but sycophantize and calumniate.
2. To deal in mean or servile flattery. Hence ˈsycophantizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1605G. Powel Refut. Epist. Puritan Papist To Rdr. *2 b, Thus they sycophantize; Puissant Prince and orient Monarch. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xviii. 321 By Sycophantizing and observance, he might have beene a Favorite to Alexander. 1640Bastwick Lord Bps. App. L 3, His flattering and Sycophantising Prelates. 1709Sacheverell Serm. 15 Aug. 8 Scycophantizing Flattery. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 158 Dr Bowring should not sycophantise. |