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similize, v. Now rare.|ˈsɪmɪlaɪz|
[f. L. similis or simile: see -ize.]
†1. trans. To imitate, copy. Obs.
1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iv. Captaines 454 Ile similize These Gebeonites: I will my selfe disguise To gull thee. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. iii. 202 Sithe castinge, how his formes and faces viewe mote similize his father, yet vntrewe.
†2. To compare, liken. Const. to, with. Obs.
1620E. Blount Horæ Subs. 16 Some haue similized these kind of men with the Camelion. 1653Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 136 Similizing the Braine to a Garden. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 53 The best to whom he may be similized herein, is Frier Paul the Servite.
3. a. To symbolize; to express or describe in similes.
a1668Davenant Poems Wks. (1673) 296 We need not bring So many Flowers..To shew or similize you more. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 165 How Calderon would have similized this pretty creature, had he ever seen it!
b. intr. To use a simile or comparison.
1686Dryden Duchess of York's Paper Defended Misc. Wks. 1800 II. 496 If I may similize in my turn, a dull fellow might ask the meaning [etc.]. 1925V. Woolf Common Reader 106 She similised..eternally; the sea became a meadow, the sailors shepherds, the mast a maypole. 1976N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 111/3 Have a story or anecdote for every point you wish to make. Similize. Exaggerate, euphemize, elide. |