v. rare. [f. as prec. + -IZE.]
† I. intr. To utter malicious accusations; to slander, calumniate. Obs.
1634. Bp. Reynolds, Shieldes of Earth (1636), 32. The Accuser doth not informe, but sycophantize and calumniate.
2. To deal in mean or servile flattery. Hence Sycophantizing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1605. G. Powel, Refut. Epist. Puritan Papist, To Rdr. *2 b. Thus they sycophantize; Puissant Prince and orient Monarch.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xviii. 321. By Sycophantizing and observance, he might have beene a Favorite to Alexander.
1640. Bastwick, Lord Bps., App. L 3. His flattering and Sycophantising Prelates.
1709. Sacheverell, Serm., 15 Aug., 8. Scycophantizing Flattery.
1830. Frasers Mag., I. 158. Dr Bowring should not sycophantise.