Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To practise physiognomy upon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To observe and study the physiognomy of.
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- verb transitive To
observe andstudy thephysiognomy of.
Etymologies
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physiognomy + -ize
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Examples
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She [then] asked him to physiognomize her two children.
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& Mr Shandy [9] to physiognomize that mans name rightly —) (what historian is it who in speaking of Alexanders feast says they listened to one Timothy a musician?
Letter 149 1792
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