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satirize |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr & vb n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.] To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm. It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: satirize v : ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" [syn: {lampoon}]
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