What does "criticises" mean?

third-person singular simple present indicative of criticise

What is a synonym for "criticises"?

Common synonyms include: criticize, criticize, excoriate, knock, knock, pick apart.

Criticises

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Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of criticise form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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criticize criticize excoriate knock knock pick apart

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"The account given on page 25 of the Confessio Amantis shows that Mr. Gosse is very imperfectly acquainted with what he so fluently criticises, or he would have been aware that the seventh book is purely episodical and has nothing whatever to do with "The lover's symptoms and experience.""

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