proverbialize

English

Etymology

proverbial +‎ -ize. Compare French proverbialiser.

Verb

proverbialize (third-person singular simple present proverbializes, present participle proverbializing, simple past and past participle proverbialized)

(transitive) To turn into a proverb.
(intransitive) To speak in proverbs.

References

“proverbialize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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