| DEPUTIZE | • deputize v. (Transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy. • deputize v. (Transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one’s role or office. • deputize v. (Intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office. |
| DOUZEPER | • douzeper n. (Historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor… • douzeper n. (By extension, historical) One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by… • douzeper n. (By extension) An individual considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne’s peers; someone considered… |
| EUPHUIZE | • euphuize v. To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression. • EUPHUIZE v. to write in an affected literary style, also EUPHUISE. |
| GAZUMPED | • gazumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of gazump. • GAZUMP v. (colloquial) to unfairly acquire a property by bidding more than an offer that has already been accepted. |
| GAZUMPER | • gazumper n. One who gazumps. • GAZUMPER n. one that gazumps (cheats by raising the agreed price). |
| OUTPRIZE | • outprize v. (Transitive, obsolete) To prize beyond value, or excessively. • outprize v. (Transitive, obsolete) To exceed in value. • OUTPRIZE v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in estimation. |
| PETUNTZE | • petuntze n. Alternative form of petunse. • PETUNTZE n. (Chinese) a feldspathic rock used in making Chinese porcelain, also PETUNTSE. |
| PUZZLERS | • puzzlers n. Plural of puzzler. • PUZZLER n. something that puzzles. |
| SPUILZIE | • spuilzie n. Obsolete form of spulzie. • spuilzie v. Obsolete form of spulzie. • SPUILZIE v. (Scots) to plunder, also SPULYE, SPULYIE, SPULZIE. |
| SPULZIED | • spulzied v. Simple past tense and past participle of spulzie. • SPULZIE v. (Scots) to plunder, also SPUILZIE, SPULYE, SPULYIE. |
| SPULZIES | • spulzies n. Plural of spulzie. • SPULZIE v. (Scots) to plunder, also SPUILZIE, SPULYE, SPULYIE. |
| SURPRIZE | • surprize n. (Now rare and nonstandard) Alternative spelling of surprise. • surprize v. (Now rare and nonstandard) Alternative spelling of surprise. • SURPRIZE v. to come upon unexpectedly, also SURPRISE. |
| UNPRIZED | • unprized adj. Not prized; unappreciated, considered of little value. • UNPRIZED adj. not prized. |
| UNPUZZLE | • unpuzzle v. (Transitive) To solve (a puzzle); to work out. • UNPUZZLE v. to work out the obscured meaning of. |
| UNZIPPED | • unzipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of unzip. • unzipped adj. Not zipped (closed with a zip fastener). • unzipped adj. Not zipped (compressed into a single and often smaller file, especially a zip file). |