† imposturizev.1
Obsolete.
intransitive. To practise imposture. (In quots. as imposturizing adj.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adjective]
fakenOE
fraudulent1412
fraudfulc1475
impostorous?1549
imposterous1562
cavillinga1576
impostural1588
cogged1589
defraudfulc1592
imposturious?a1600
imposturizing1603
imposturous1608
impostured1619
circumventive1630
impostrate1632
imposterious1633
impostrous1635
charlatanical1663
quackish1670
charlatan1671
stellionated1672
shammisha1734
shim-sham1797
humbug1811
charlatanic1843
Peter Funk1845
charlatanish1846
jazzy1934
run-out1938
jivey1972
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures Pref. Imposturising Renegadoes that come fresh from the Popes Tyring House.
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxi. 134 Imposturising Sooth-sayers.
1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 44 Diuers other obseruations haue our imposturizing Renegadoes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† imposturizev.2
transitive. To mimic the postures of.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > a person in appearance
imposturize1772
1772 W. Huddesford in J. Granger Lett. (1805) 149 Your attempt to imposturize Tony will be vain, futile, useless…no one can tell but I how he looked, how he walked, how he scowled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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