encliticize

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verb

To add an enclitic to a word.

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Meanings

verbencliticize (third-person singular simple present encliticizes, present participle encliticizing, simple past and past participle encliticized)

present singular third person encliticizes · participle present encliticizing · participle past encliticized · past encliticized

  1. grammarTo add an enclitic to a word.

Origin

From enclitic + -ize.

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APA

encliticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encliticize

MLA

“encliticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encliticize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encliticize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encliticize.

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