Gĕn’ti-līze1, v. i.
v. i. [O. Fr. gentiliser, Sp. gentilizar.] To live like a heathen. [Obs.] Milton.
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v. i. [O. Fr. gentiliser, Sp. gentilizar.] To live like a heathen. [Obs.] Milton.
To render gentle or gentlemanly. [Rare.] Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize if unmixed with cant. Coleridge.