absolutise

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US/ˈæb.sə.lu.taɪz/US/ˈæb.sə.lju.taɪz/

A form of absolutize — To make absolute.

OriginEnglish absolute ← Middle English absolut ← Middle French absolut →
First used First attested in the mid 20th century.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbabsolutise (third-person singular simple present absolutises, present participle absolutising, simple past and past participle absolutised)

present singular third person absolutises · participle present absolutising · participle past absolutised · past absolutised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of absolutize.First known use First attested in the mid 20th century.

Origin

  1. Latinab
  2. Latinab-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  4. Latinse-
  5. Latinluō
  6. Latinsolvō
  7. Latinabsolvō
  8. Latinabsolūtus
  9. Middle Frenchabsolut
  10. Middle Englishabsolut
  11. Englishabsolute
  12. Englishabsolutise

From absolute + -ise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

subisolatebasisolute
Cite this entry
APA

absolutise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolutise

MLA

“absolutise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolutise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absolutise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolutise.

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