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humorize, v.|ˈhjuːməraɪz|
[f. humour (or L. hūmor) + -ize.]
†1. intr. To agree or comply with the humour of a person or thing. Obs.
1598Marston Pygmal. iii. 148 His clothes doe sympathize, And with his inward spirit humorize.
2. To speak or think humorously; to make humorous remarks or reflections.
1609E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 24 Euerie iching-eared congregation will..be serued with an humorizing Discourser. 1884Art Mag. Mar. (Cent.), He had a little ‘mental twist’ which caused him to moralize and humorize over life in a fashion quite his own.
3. trans. To make humorous.
1893W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 195 Our tales..hopelessly humorize the creatures [sc. water-goblins and water-monsters]. |