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Webster 1913 Edition


Satirize

Sat′ir-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Satirized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Satirizing
.]
[Cf. F.
satiriser
.]
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
It is as hard to
satirize
well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Satirize

SAT'IRIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To censure with keenness or severity.
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

Definition 2024


satirize

satirize

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Verb

satirize (third-person singular simple present satirizes, present participle satirizing, simple past and past participle satirized)

  1. To make a satire of; to mock.

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