v. Obs. rare. [f. prec. + -IZE.] trans. To pronounce an encomium upon; to eulogize.

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1599.  Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, 23. Tart and galingale … Chaucer preheminentest encomionizeth aboue all … confectionaries.

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1647.  R. Baron, Cyprian Acad., 70. Hark … how I anatomize My Julietta, and her encomionize.

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