Serpentize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander. intransitive

    "September 1, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq. The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive in the vale."

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"September 1, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq. The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive in the vale."

Etymology

From serpent + -ize.

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