What does melancholize mean?
Melancholize means (obsolete, transitive) To make melancholy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make melancholy..
Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes.
if we be not otherwise well employed, we shall be apt, in our thoughts, to melancholize, and dote upon our mischances.
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Melancholize means (obsolete, transitive) To make melancholy..
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Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes.
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