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Italicize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To print in italic type.

v. To underscore (written matter) with a single line to indicate italics.

v. To emphasize: "italicizing the upper extremity of the pitch spectrum with flute or piccolo” ( Arthur Berger).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To put into italics.

v. To emphasize.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To print in italic type, or underscore with a single line in writing: as, to italicize emphatic words or sentences; in old books all names were commonly italicized. Also spelled italicise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. print in italics

Word Usage

"The standard instruction to typesetters to italicize a word in a handwritten manuscript or a proof was to draw a line underneath it."

Verb Form

italicized italicizes italicizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

impress print

Form

italicized italicizing