lethargize

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verb

To make lethargic.

“May 23, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.”

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Meanings

verblethargize (third-person singular simple present lethargizes, present participle lethargizing, simple past and past participle lethargized)

present singular third person lethargizes · participle present lethargizing · participle past lethargized · past lethargized

  1. To make lethargic.

    May 23, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.

Origin

From lethargy + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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