centaurizev.
/ˈsɛntɔːrʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɛntɔˌraɪz/ rare.
intransitive. To come to resemble a centaur; to behave like a centaur. Also transitive: to cause to resemble a centaur.
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1755 E. Young Centaur ii. 100 Time was, when to Centaurize was less ridiculous.
1879 Southern Calif. Horticulturist May 152/2 Beauty and order would be defloured [sic], and man centaurized in form, features and habits.
1966 H. de Onis tr. J. G. Rosa Sagarana vii. 216 [The mule] was Manny Flower's pride. More than that, his alter ego; together they centaurized gloriously.
1980 ‘A. Burgess’ Earthly Powers lx. 484 He and the horse became one, were centaurized to a degree I had never previously seen even in crack show jumpers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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