Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to literalize
Participle: literalized
Gerund: literalizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | literalize |
| you | literalize |
| he;she;it | literalizes |
| we | literalize |
| you | literalize |
| they | literalize |
Perfect
| I | have literalized |
| you | have literalized |
| he;she;it | has literalized |
| we | have literalized |
| you | have literalized |
| they | have literalized |
Past
| I | literalized |
| you | literalized |
| he;she;it | literalized |
| we | literalized |
| you | literalized |
| they | literalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had literalized |
| you | had literalized |
| he;she;it | had literalized |
| we | had literalized |
| you | had literalized |
| they | had literalized |
Future
| I | will literalize |
| you | will literalize |
| he;she;it | will literalize |
| we | will literalize |
| you | will literalize |
| they | will literalize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have literalized |
| you | will have literalized |
| he;she;it | will have literalized |
| we | will have literalized |
| you | will have literalized |
| they | will have literalized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | literalize |
| you | literalize |
| he;she;it | literalize |
| we | literalize |
| you | literalize |
| they | literalize |
Perfect
| I | have literalized |
| you | have literalized |
| he;she;it | have literalized |
| we | have literalized |
| you | have literalized |
| they | have literalized |
Imperfect
| I | literalized |
| you | literalized |
| he;she;it | literalized |
| we | literalized |
| you | literalized |
| they | literalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had literalized |
| you | had literalized |
| he;she;it | had literalized |
| we | had literalized |
| you | had literalized |
| they | had literalized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would literalize |
| you | would literalize |
| he;she;it | would literalize |
| we | would literalize |
| you | would literalize |
| they | would literalize |
Perfect
| I | would have literalized |
| you | would have literalized |
| he;she;it | would have literalized |
| we | would have literalized |
| you | would have literalized |
| they | would have literalized |
Imperative
| you | literalize |
| we | Let's literalize |
| you | literalize |
Verbs conjugated like 'literalize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'literalize'
lateralize,
liberalize,
literalise,
lateralise,
liberalise,
mineralize,
arterialize,
bilateralize,
deliberalize,
eternalize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-der.
3. Old Latin leitera
4. Latin līterader.?
5. Proto-Hellenic *dipʰtʰérā?
6. Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)bor.
7. Etruscan [Term?]bor.?
8. Latin littera
9. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-is
11. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
12. Proto-Italic *-ālis
13. Latin -ālis
14. Late Latin litterālisbor.
15. Old French literalbor.
16. Middle English literal
17. English literal
18. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
19. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
20. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
21. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
22. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
23. Late Latin -izōder.
24. Middle French -iserbor.
25. Middle English -isen
26. English -ize
27. English literalize
28. From literal + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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The popular "peephole" style of cover art, suggesting stolen glimpses into exotic interior territories at once psychological and geographical, literalized the voyeuristic appeal of early postwar paperback art. [2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 7:]
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The band seemed at the start to literalize a mysterious piece of writing; its structure was clear when this band played it. [2009 January 15, Ben Ratliff, “Club Jazz That Travels a Line Between Old Fashions and New Tastes”, in New York Times:]