dentize

D2E1N1T1I1Z10E1

verb

To teethe.

Similar
cut new teethbreed teeth
OriginLatin dens →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbdentize (third-person singular simple present dentizes, present participle dentizing, simple past and past participle dentized)

present singular third person dentizes · participle present dentizing · participle past dentized · past dentized

  1. archaicTo teethe.

    The old countess […] did dentize twice or thrice.

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: cut new teeth, breed teeth

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo teethe.

Similar
cut new teethbreed teeth
Also see
teethe

Origin

  1. Latindens
  2. Englishdentize

From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”).

More words from Latin

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Dietzentenzide
Cite this entry
APA

dentize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentize

MLA

“dentize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentize.

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