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Webster 1913 Edition
Sized
Sized
,Adj.
1.
Adjusted according to size.
2.
Having a particular size or magnitude; – chiefly used in compounds;
as, large-
. sized
; common-sized
Webster 1828 Edition
Sized
SI'ZED
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1.
Adjusted according to size; prepared with size.2.
a. Having a particular magnitude. And as my love is siz'd my fear is so. [Note. This word is used in compounds; as large-sized, common-sized, middle-sized, & c.]Definition 2024
sized
sized
English
Adjective
sized (not comparable)
- Having a certain size. Usually used in combination with an adverb.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 16, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- The preposterous altruism too! […] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
- A badly-sized pair of shoes.
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Verb
sized
- simple past tense and past participle of size