similize
English
Verb
similize (third-person singular simple present similizes, present participle similizing, simple past and past participle similized)
- (transitive, intransitive) To liken; to compare.
- to similize a person, thing, or act
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
- How Calderon would have similized this pretty creature had he ever seen it! How would he have run him up and down the gamut of simile!
Related terms
- similar
- simile
Further reading
- similize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913