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Neoterize

//niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To neologize, to coin as a new word. intransitive
  2. 2
    To modernize. intransitive

Etymology

Since the 1870s; from Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (from νεώτερος (neṓteros, “newer”)). By surface analysis, neoteric + -ize.

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