œconomize

A form of economize — To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).

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Meanings

verbœconomize (third-person singular simple present œconomizes, present participle œconomizing, simple past and past participle œconomized)

present singular third person œconomizes · participle present œconomizing · participle past œconomized · past œconomized

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of economize.

    If therefore we aim at regulating this household, the question will be, whether we ought to œconomize by detail, or by principle ? The example we have had of the success of an attempt to œconomize by detail, and under establishments adverse to the attempt, may tend to decide this question.

    1780, Edmund Burke, Mr. Burke’s Speech, in The Works of Edmund Burke, G. Dearborn, volume I, page 289

Origin

From œconomy + -ize.

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APA

œconomize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%93conomize

MLA

“œconomize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%93conomize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “œconomize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%93conomize.

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