transitive verb
-·cized·, -·ciz·ing- to print in italics
- to underscore (handwritten or typed matter) with a single line to indicate that it is to be printed in italics
italicize
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italicize
transitive verb
i·tal·i·cized, i·tal·i·ciz·ing, i·tal·i·ciz·es- To print in italic type.
- To underscore (written matter) with a single line to indicate italics.
- To emphasize: “italicizing the upper extremity of the pitch spectrum with flute or piccolo” ( Arthur Berger )
Related Forms:
- i·tal′i·ci·za′tion
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized)
Origin
From italic + -ize.
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