similize

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similize (third-person singular simple present similizes, present participle similizing, simple past and past participle similized)

  1. (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!

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