Meanings
verbvillanize (third-person singular simple present villanizes, present participle villanizing, simple past and past participle villanized)
present singular third person villanizes · participle present villanizing · participle past villanized · past villanized
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of villainize.
Were virtue by descent, a noble name Could never villanize his father's fame.
1700, John Dryden, The Wife of Bath
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villanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villanize
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“villanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villanize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “villanize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villanize.
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