dragonizev.
1. transitive. To turn into a dragon, render dragon-like.
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1831 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. July 12 Siegfried by main force slew this Dragon, or rather Dragonized [1857 Dragonised] Smith's-Brother.
2. To keep guard over or watch as a dragon. Also absol.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard [verb (intransitive)] > guard like a dragon
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)] > as a dragon
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c1853 E. C. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 857 When Neta is at home she is to dragonize & prepare French lessons.
a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters viii Clare to dragonize..us.
1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm II. x. 155 His few household goods were borne in a cart through the sea-gate dragonized by Bykes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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v.1831- to look again
- to look against
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- to look alive
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- to look as if one came out of a bandbox
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- to look askew
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- to look at the eyes
- to look at with a different eye
- to look at with another eye
- to look away
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