Melancholize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make melancholy. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To be melancholy; to be consumed by sad thoughts. intransitive, obsolete
"Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes."
Example
More examples"Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes."
Etymology
From melancholy + -ize, probably after French méancoliser.
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