Lexicographical Neighbors of Ergotize
Literary usage of Ergotize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... ergotize (rare). prevarication, n. 1. Referring to the action, practice,
etc.: equivocation, paltering, shuffling, quibbling, evasion, tergiversation, ..."
2. The New York Journal of Medicine by Samuel Smith Purple, Charles Alfred Lee, Henry Daggett Bulkley, Samuel Forry, Stephen Smith (1854)
"... the nidus of the fungus seeds is not furnished, and the fungus, which is a
poison parasite, will not grow and ergotize the seed of the grass. ..."
3. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"... call- in question; question, challenge; dispute; deny &c. 536; cavil; cause -,
raise -, start -, suggest -, awake- a -doubt, - suspicion; ergotize. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... ergotize (rare). prevarication, n. 1. Referring to the action, practice,
etc.: equivocation, paltering, shuffling, quibbling, evasion, tergiversation, ..."
5. The New York Journal of Medicine by Samuel Smith Purple, Charles Alfred Lee, Henry Daggett Bulkley, Samuel Forry, Stephen Smith (1854)
"... the nidus of the fungus seeds is not furnished, and the fungus, which is a
poison parasite, will not grow and ergotize the seed of the grass. ..."
6. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"... call- in question; question, challenge; dispute; deny &c. 536; cavil; cause -,
raise -, start -, suggest -, awake- a -doubt, - suspicion; ergotize. ..."
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