battologize

  • 1Battologize — Bat*tol o*gize (b[a^]t*t[o^]l l[ o]*j[imac]z), v. t. To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2battologize — /beuh tol euh juyz /, v., battologized, battologizing. v.t. 1. to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively. v.i. 2. (of writing or speaking) to repeat words, phrases, etc., to an excessive and tiresome degree. Also, esp. Brit.,… …

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  • 3battologize — /beuh tol euh juyz /, v., battologized, battologizing. v.t. 1. to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively. v.i. 2. (of writing or speaking) to repeat words, phrases, etc., to an excessive and tiresome degree. Also, esp. Brit.,… …

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  • 4Diffuseness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Diffuseness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diffuseness diffuseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 amplification amplification &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 dilating dilating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 verbosity verbosity verbiage …

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  • 5fill — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accommodate, act up to, adhere to, admit, advise, afford, allay, answer, assimilate, attend to, bag, bar, barrel, battologize, be enfeoffed of, be faithful to, be possessed of, be seized of, bellyful,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6go over — Synonyms and related words: apostacize, apostatize, autopsy, battologize, be blooded, be successful, bolt, bone, break away, canvass, catch on, change sides, check, check out, check over, check up on, click, come off, con, connect, contemplate,… …

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  • 7go through — Synonyms and related words: battologize, be exposed to, be subjected to, beat the bushes, benumb, bite, blow, bring off, budget, burrow, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, chill, come through, cost, cost …

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  • 8iterate — Synonyms and related words: battologize, fill, give an encore, go over, go through, ingeminate, pad, practice, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, renew, reprint, reprise, resay, restate,… …

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  • 9pad — Synonyms and related words: Domesday Book, abate, abiding place, abode, account book, address, address book, adversaria, aegis, air mattress, album, allay, alleviate, ambler, ambulate, anesthetize, ankle, annual, appease, appointment calendar,… …

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  • 10practice — Synonyms and related words: Gedankenexperiment, MO, accordance, acquittal, acquittance, act, acting, action, actions, activism, activity, acts, actually, addition, address, adherence, affectation, agency, air, algorithm, application, apprentice,… …

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