lethargize
lethargize · lethargizes · lethargized · lethargizing
To make lethargicTo make lethargic.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make lethargic.
May 23, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.
Origin
From lethargy + -ize.From lethargy + -ize.
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Forms
lethargizes, lethargizing, lethargized, lethargized| Base form | lethargize · to lethargize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | lethargizes |
| Present participle | lethargizing |
| Past simple | lethargized |
| Past participle | lethargized |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle