tactilize

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verb

To form a (mental or other) representation of what something feels like to the touch.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:tactilize.”

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Meanings

verbtactilize (third-person singular simple present tactilizes, present participle tactilizing, simple past and past participle tactilized)

present singular third person tactilizes · participle present tactilizing · participle past tactilized · past tactilized

  1. To form a (mental or other) representation of what something feels like to the touch.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:tactilize.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tactualize

Origin

From tactile + -ize, on the model of visualize.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

latticize
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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