similizev.

Brit.

/ˈsɪmᵻlʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsɪməˌlaɪz/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– similise, 1600s– similize.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: simile n.; Latin similis ; -ize suffix.

Etymology: < simile n. or its etymon classical Latin similis + -ize suffix. With sense 3 compare simile v.

Now rare.

†1. transitive. To imitate or copy (a thing or person). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)]

evenlecheOE

resemble?c1400

imitate1534

sequest1567

succeed1577

act1599

pattern1601

similize1606

like1613

echoa1616

sample1616

ape1634

transcribe1646

copy1648

copy1649

mime1728

borrowa1847

to make likea1881

replicate1915

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 126 I'll similize [Fr. imiteray] These Gabaonites: I will my selfe disguize To gull thee.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale iii. 202 Sithe castinge, how his formes and faces viewe mote similize his father, yet vntrewe.

1913 Mining & Engin. World 5 July 84/2 He was not consistent in the choice of size and shape of the material used to similize the gold.

†2. transitive. To compare or liken (a thing or person) to or with another thing or person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)]

comparison1340

likena1382

figure1393

compare1447

comparagea1450

comparate?a1475

assemble1483

apply?1532

assimile1547

configurate1582

resemble1590

guise1606

similize1620

assimilate1630

approacha1649

consimilate1716

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken

bysenc1325

anliken1340

comparison1340

liken1340

figure1393

like?c1425

semblea1440

compare1447

comparagea1450

signifya1470

comparate?a1475

figurate?a1500

resemble1533

patterna1586

symbolize with1605

assimilatec1616

similize1620

symbolize1651

similarize1806

1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 16 Some haue similized these kind of men with the Camelion.

1626 J. Roberts Comp. Belli sig. P4 I will similize this to the Husband man, who sayes, one Acre well manured, yeeldes more profite then ten ill tillde.

1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 136 Similizing the Braine to a Garden.

1706 Female Grievances Debated (1707) 90 She picks a Violet and compares it to his Breath, then Similizes a Dasie to the Whiteness of his Skin.

1832 M. St. Clair Clarke & D. A. Hall Legislative & Documentary Hist. Bank U.S. ii. 82 He similized the constitution to a horse, finely proportioned in every respect to the eye..but deficient in one, and the most essential requisite, that of ability to carry the owner to his journey's end.

1859 Geologist 2 333 The reviewer's task may generally be similized to that of Tom Moore's ‘child at a feast’, who but ‘sips of a sweet, then flies off to the rest’.

a. transitive. To express or describe (a thing or person) by means of a simile or similes; (also) to represent (something) symbolically, to symbolize.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)]

token971

to stand for ——a1387

presentc1390

discern?a1439

liken?c1450

adumbrate1537

figurate?1548

character1555

shadow1574

shade1591

characterize1594

symbolize1603

hieroglyphic1615

personatea1616

modelizea1628

similize1646

symptom1648

express1649

signaturize1669

image1778

embryo1831

symbol1832

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express by similes

similize1646

simile1647

1646 J. Tustin (title) Tustins observations, or Conscience embleme the watch of God, similized by the wakefull dog.

a1668 W. Davenant Poems in Wks. (1673) 296 We need not bring So many Flowers..To shew or similize you more.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 165 How Calderon would have similized this pretty creature, had he ever seen it!

1935 Mod. Rev. (India) July 30/2 The poet similizes the arbour where the ladies of the harem are enjoying [sic], with clouds and streaks of lightning.

b. intransitive. To use a simile or comparison; to write or speak in similes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (intransitive)]

compare1597

similize1686

similitudinize1830

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > use figure of meaning [verb (intransitive)] > use simile

similize1686

1686 J. Dryden Def. Papers King & Duchess of York iii. 96 If I may similize in my turn, a dull fellow might ask the meaning of a Problem.

1765 L. Howard Misc. Pieces Prose & Verse 219 What Creatures in this World..That can such Arts and new Inventions find? Or has such Fancies as to Similize?

1887 Critic (N.Y.) 12 Nov. 245/1 Her adventures and reflections are those of an amiable young creature who..likes to similize, if we may coin a much-needed word, on all that befalls her.

1925 V. Woolf Common Reader 106 She similised..eternally; the sea became a meadow, the sailors shepherds, the mast a maypole.

1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 111/3 Have a story or anecdote for every point you wish to make. Similize. Exaggerate, euphemize, elide.

2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Nov. a17 We in the news business could stand to apply the brakes to our runaway impulse to ‘similize’. I personally love a good simile, which can inject levity into a column.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	similize
释义	similizev. Brit. /ˈsɪmᵻlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɪməˌlaɪz/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– similise, 1600s– similize. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: simile n.; Latin similis ; -ize suffix. Etymology: < simile n. or its etymon classical Latin similis + -ize suffix. With sense 3 compare simile v. Now rare. †1. transitive. To imitate or copy (a thing or person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] evenlecheOE resemble?c1400 imitate1534 sequest1567 succeed1577 act1599 pattern1601 similize1606 like1613 echoa1616 sample1616 ape1634 transcribe1646 copy1648 copy1649 mime1728 borrowa1847 to make likea1881 replicate1915 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 126 I'll similize [Fr. imiteray] These Gabaonites: I will my selfe disguize To gull thee. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale iii. 202 Sithe castinge, how his formes and faces viewe mote similize his father, yet vntrewe. 1913 Mining & Engin. World 5 July 84/2 He was not consistent in the choice of size and shape of the material used to similize the gold. †2. transitive. To compare or liken (a thing or person) to or with another thing or person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] comparison1340 likena1382 figure1393 compare1447 comparagea1450 comparate?a1475 assemble1483 apply?1532 assimile1547 configurate1582 resemble1590 guise1606 similize1620 assimilate1630 approacha1649 consimilate1716 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 16 Some haue similized these kind of men with the Camelion. 1626 J. Roberts Comp. Belli sig. P4 I will similize this to the Husband man, who sayes, one Acre well manured, yeeldes more profite then ten ill tillde. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 136 Similizing the Braine to a Garden. 1706 Female Grievances Debated (1707) 90 She picks a Violet and compares it to his Breath, then Similizes a Dasie to the Whiteness of his Skin. 1832 M. St. Clair Clarke & D. A. Hall Legislative & Documentary Hist. Bank U.S. ii. 82 He similized the constitution to a horse, finely proportioned in every respect to the eye..but deficient in one, and the most essential requisite, that of ability to carry the owner to his journey's end. 1859 Geologist 2 333 The reviewer's task may generally be similized to that of Tom Moore's ‘child at a feast’, who but ‘sips of a sweet, then flies off to the rest’. 3. a. transitive. To express or describe (a thing or person) by means of a simile or similes; (also) to represent (something) symbolically, to symbolize. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] token971 to stand for ——a1387 presentc1390 discern?a1439 liken?c1450 adumbrate1537 figurate?1548 character1555 shadow1574 shade1591 characterize1594 symbolize1603 hieroglyphic1615 personatea1616 modelizea1628 similize1646 symptom1648 express1649 signaturize1669 image1778 embryo1831 symbol1832 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express by similes similize1646 simile1647 1646 J. Tustin (title) Tustins observations, or Conscience embleme the watch of God, similized by the wakefull dog. a1668 W. Davenant Poems in Wks. (1673) 296 We need not bring So many Flowers..To shew or similize you more. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 165 How Calderon would have similized this pretty creature, had he ever seen it! 1935 Mod. Rev. (India) July 30/2 The poet similizes the arbour where the ladies of the harem are enjoying [sic], with clouds and streaks of lightning. b. intransitive. To use a simile or comparison; to write or speak in similes. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (intransitive)] compare1597 similize1686 similitudinize1830 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > use figure of meaning [verb (intransitive)] > use simile similize1686 1686 J. Dryden Def. Papers King & Duchess of York iii. 96 If I may similize in my turn, a dull fellow might ask the meaning of a Problem. 1765 L. Howard Misc. Pieces Prose & Verse 219 What Creatures in this World..That can such Arts and new Inventions find? Or has such Fancies as to Similize? 1887 Critic (N.Y.) 12 Nov. 245/1 Her adventures and reflections are those of an amiable young creature who..likes to similize, if we may coin a much-needed word, on all that befalls her. 1925 V. Woolf Common Reader 106 She similised..eternally; the sea became a meadow, the sailors shepherds, the mast a maypole. 1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 111/3 Have a story or anecdote for every point you wish to make. Similize. Exaggerate, euphemize, elide. 2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Nov. a17 We in the news business could stand to apply the brakes to our runaway impulse to ‘similize’. I personally love a good simile, which can inject levity into a column. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1606
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