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Definition: EUPHEMIZING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb euphemize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(euphemize)
1. Refer to something with a euphemism.[Wordnet].
2. To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: euphemizing, euphemized, euphemizes, euphemizer, euphemizers, euphemizingly and euphemizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Euphemizing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EUPHEMIZING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb euphemize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(euphemize)
1. Refer to something with a euphemism.[Wordnet].
2. To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: euphemizing, euphemized, euphemizes, euphemizer, euphemizers, euphemizingly and euphemizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "EUPHEMIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)