kudize

K5U1D2I1Z10E1

verb

To praise or extol.

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Meanings

verbkudize (third-person singular simple present kudizes, present participle kudizing, simple past and past participle kudized)

present singular third person kudizes · participle present kudizing · participle past kudized · past kudized

  1. transitiveTo praise or extol.

    It's time to rise to the occasion. I need to kudize the Arab Springs.

    2013, Michael Angel Folorunso, Terrere's Universe, page 76
    2 more examples

    A gentleman "kudized Louisa, who blushed when he compared her to Penthesilia": we should think she did.

    1872, The Athenaeum, numbers 2358-2383, page 210

    Homer wrote the Odyssey for fun in his youth, and the Iliad in his old age to kudize some stuck-up aristocratic families.

    1873, The Saint Pauls Magazine, volume 13, page 475

Origin

kudos + -ize

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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