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melancholize

verb

Etymology

From melancholy + -ize, probably after French méancoliser.

  1. derived from melancolie
  2. inherited from malencolie
  3. suffixed as melancholize — “melancholy + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make melancholy.

  2. To be melancholy

    To be melancholy; to be consumed by sad thoughts.

    • Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes.
    • if we be not otherwise well employed, we shall be apt, in our thoughts, to melancholize, and dote upon our mischances.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA