jesuitize

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jesuitize. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jesuitize, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jesuitize in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jesuitize you have here. The definition of the word jesuitize will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjesuitize, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Verb

jesuitize (third-person singular simple present jesuitizes, present participle jesuitizing, simple past and past participle jesuitized)

  1. Alternative form of Jesuitize.
    • 1856, John Adams, Charles Francis Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, page 170:
      Or will St. Ignatius Loyola inquisitionize and jesuitize them all?
    • 1862, Robert Knox, The Races of Men:
      The object of the Romish Church was to teach falsehoods instead of truths; to suppress the facts of anatomy and geology; to explain away, to expound, to twist and contort; to jesuitize all human knowledge.
    • 1912, Orlo Williams, Lamb's Friend the Census-taker: Life and Letters of John Rickman:
      How these worthies will act, we cannot foresee. Each will jesuitize for himself I suppose, and these will a beautiful medley.