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cordialize, v.|ˈkɔːdɪəlaɪz|
[f. cordial + -ize.]
1. trans. To make into a cordial.
1774Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772 342 Rum, cordialized with Jelly of bilberries. 1861Sala in Temple Bar Mag. I. 304 They hastily swallowed mugs full of steaming egg-hot and cordialised porter.
†2. To treat with cordials. Obs. rare.
1807Med. Jrnl. XVII. 43 A state which the unwary would assert to be typhus, and begin..to cordialise.
3. To make cordial or friendly.
1817Bp. Jebb in Life & Lett. lxii. 575 Inward religion..congenializes and cordializes human life.
4. intr. To become cordial; to be on terms of cordiality, fraternize (with). Chiefly Sc.
1834A. Knox Corr. II. 164 I have not, beyond these walls, one thoroughly congenial soul..I do not know even one, who cordializes with me, on the same intellectual level. 1863J. Brown Horæ Subsec. (ed. 3) 62 With devotional feeling..he cordialized wherever and in whomsoever it was found. 1864― John Leech (1882) 14 He would have found one student..with whom he would have cordialised. |