literatise

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A form of literatize — To make literate; to introduce or increase the incidence of reading and writing.

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Meanings

verbliteratise (third-person singular simple present literatises, present participle literatising, simple past and past participle literatised)

present singular third person literatises · participle present literatising · participle past literatised · past literatised

  1. alternativeAlternative form of literatize.

    This may have helped to literatise the veil-tradition.

    1901, Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black, Encyclopaedia Biblica
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    ...we have no doubt that many of his friends have been estranged from him in consequence of the manner in which he has "literatised" certain matters that he has brought prominently forward.

    1890, Modern Astrology: The "Astrologers' Magazine". - Volume 1, page 124

    Through both his spiritual make-up and his cultural experience, Adrian Prokhorov is not only not disposed to 'literatise' reality, but is absolutely deaf to the aesthetic and philosophical potential within it.

    1999, Irish Slavonic Studies - Issue 20, page 12
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APA

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

Chicago

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

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