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genialize, v.|ˈdʒiːnɪəlaɪz|
[f. genial a.1 + -ize.]
trans. To impart geniality to; to render pleasant or agreeable.
a1864Hawthorne Grimshawe xix. (1891) 247 Some Burgundy, of which it was the quality to warm the blood and genialize existence for three days after it was drunk. 1888Blackw. Mag. Aug. 313 He had the well-known Wellington physiognomy, only greatly softened and genialised. 1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. II. v. 107 It would have genialized him.
Hence ˈgenializing ppl. a.
1849D. Thomas Crisis of Being iii. (1850) 50 Personal religion is the chief good of man..How it..brings all its germinant powers under the genializing influence of truth! |