paradigmatize

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verb

To set forth as a model or example.

“c. 1644, Henry Hammond, a letter those Boukes so paradigmatized by you”

OriginAncient Greek παραδειγματίζω →
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Meanings

verbparadigmatize (third-person singular simple present paradigmatizes, present participle paradigmatizing, simple past and past participle paradigmatized)

present singular third person paradigmatizes · participle present paradigmatizing · participle past paradigmatized · past paradigmatized

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo set forth as a model or example.

    c. 1644, Henry Hammond, a letter those Boukes so paradigmatized by you

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαραδειγματίζω
  2. Englishparadigmatize

From Ancient Greek παραδειγματίζω (paradeigmatízō). By surface analysis, paradigmatic + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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