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economize, v.|ɪˈkɒnəmaɪz|
[f. Gr. οἰκονόµ-ος (see economy) + -ize.]
†1. intr. To act as the governor of a household.
1648Milton Tenure Kings (1650) 41 The power..to..œconomize in the Land which God hath given them, as Masters of Families in their Houses.
†2. trans. To arrange, constitute, organize. Obs.
1691Beverley Thous. Years Kingd. Christ 12 So shall the Divine Person..Oeconomize..the Lustre of its Glory. Ibid. 18 The Throne of God..is so Oeconomiz'd as to be distinct.
3. To use sparingly; to effect a saving in.
1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 122 He is calculating how he shall economize time. 1847Emerson Repr. Men vi. Napol. Wks. (Bohn) I. 371 He never economized his ammunition but..rained a torrent of iron..to annihilate all defence.
b. To procure the funds for anything by economy or saving. Somewhat rare.
1849–50Alison Hist. Europe I. iii. §82. 341 Her..charities..were economised from her own personal revenue.
4. intr. To practise economy; to spend money more sparingly than before.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 219 Œconomising on principles of justice and mercy. 1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. xl. (1883) I. 217 Light is one of the things I do not like to economise in. 1845McCulloch Taxation i. iii. (1852) 95 When wages fall..the poor..are obliged to economise.
5. trans. To turn to account, turn to the best account; to apply to industrial purposes.
1832H. Martineau Life in Wilds ix. 117 It must be for man's advantage to economize this power. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art i. (1868) 6 How this labour may..be..economized, so as to produce the richest results. 1863A. Ramsay Phys. Geol. (1878) 606 Who knows..what motive powers may..be economised other than those that result from the direct application of heat. 1872Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 366 [Machinery's] object is to economise force supplied from without.
Hence eˈconomized ppl. a.
1875Whitney Life Lang. vi. 106 These are already economized alterations of something still more primitive. |