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therapize

/ˈθɛɹəpaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ther-a-pize
IPA
/ˈθɛɹəpaɪz/
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English therapy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English therapize From therapy + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

therapizes (present, singular) therapizing (participle, present) therapized (participle, past) therapized (past) therapise (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce therapize?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɛɹəpaɪz/.
What does therapize mean?
To subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy.
Where does therapize come from?
Etymology tree English therapy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English therapize From therapy + -ize.

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