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Definition of Euphemizes
1. euphemize [v] - See also: euphemize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphemizes
Literary usage of Euphemizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"To pass away,"" to breathe Ms last," " to cease from his sufferings," are a few
out of the many euphemisms for death. — The following euphemizes ..."
2. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1903)
"... and his humorous associates in the Wakefield 'Judicium, Lord Lucifer of the
Coventry Council (who, like the Vice, euphemizes his attendant Deadly Sins), ..."
3. The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by Edward Payson Evans (1906)
"... a term which conveniently sums up and euphemizes the general sentiment of
Helvetian innkeepers and tradesmen that " the stranger within their gates " is ..."
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