Meanings
present singular third person glossarizes · participle present glossarizing · participle past glossarized · past glossarized
- transitiveTo provide (a work) with a glossary.
It is to be expected that linguists should wish to glossarize the terms of their own science.
2019, William Bright, Linguistics in North America, 1, page 1581 more example
I was asked to glossarize it and I refused to do so, arguing that by the time someone comes to the end of the novel they'll know what it is about. They'll know the names of the various avatars of Ganesh, for example.
2013, Kit Dobson, Smaro Kamboureli, Producing Canadian Literature
Origin
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glossarize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossarize
“glossarize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossarize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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