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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Etymologize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Etymologize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.

2. To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.