epithetizev.
rare.
transitive. To apply an epithet to.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > apply epithet to
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1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 214 The foremention'd very false Son of the Church, that dar'd Epithetize him with that insolent Character.
1809 Monthly Mag. 28 189 The images of (as he epithetizes them) scabby Job, blind Tobit, etc.
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v.1716- to have a finger in the pie
- to have a fling at
- to have a fly at
- to get to grips with
- to get to hell out
- to get to hell out of
- to get to know
- to get to rights
- to get to second base
- to get to the bottom of
- to get to the point
- to get to third base
- to get to windward of
- to get to work
- to get toco for yam
- to get together
- to get too big for one's boots
- to get too big for one's breeches
- to get too big for one's etc
- to get tough
- to get trashed
- to get trousered
- to get under
- to get under a person's skin
- to get under the skin of