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Definition of Economise

1. Verb. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of. "The less fortunate will have to economize now"

2. Verb. Use cautiously and frugally. "Conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"

Definition of Economise

1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of economize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Economise

1. [v -MISED, -MISING, -MISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Economise

economic value economic value of life economical economical with the truth economically economicalness economick economicly economics economics department

economics profession economies economies of scale economisation economisations economise (current term) economised economiser economises economising

economism economist economists economization economizations economize economized economizer economizers economizes

Literary usage of Economise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Italy by Rembrandt Peale (1831)
"may suit himself with furnished apartments in whatever part of the city he chooses to reside, either to economise in great comfort or luxuriate in expensive ..."

2. The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot by Walter Bagehot, Mrs Russell Barrington (1915)
"COUNT YOUR ENEMIES AND economise YOUR EXPENDITURE. (1862.) EVERY one who has visited the Star and Garter is aware that at the moment of ordering dinner ..."

3. The Sailor King: William the Fourth, His Court and His Subjects by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1903)
"... but eager to economise—Charles Greville goes to Windsor—The Queen and her Crown—The Sovereign dislikes being kissed by the Bishops—Their Majesties' ..."

4. Coming In From The Cold: Improving District Heating Policy In Transition ...by International Energy Agency by International Energy Agency (2004)
"... in when they buy a boiler, so they economise on proper maintenance. This can significantly raise the safety risks, especially when boilers are not ..."

5. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1876)
"... designed to assist labour and economise force during parturition, enabling the patient, by pulling during her pains, to give comfortable pressure to the ..."

6. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1842)
"... and for the more effectually supporting combustion, without the combustion being too rapid, with a view to economise fuel, as before mentioned, ..."

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