HYPOCRITIZEVERB
to act as a hypocrite ...1683 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from 'hypocrite' + -ize from Old French ypocrite, ipocrite from Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, hypocrite FIRST DOCUMENTED USE New English Dictionary on Historical Principles shows a1734; earlier example, 1683, shown below EXAMPLE "...Therefore as we would not hypocritize and dissemble with God and Man;" From: Moderation a Vertue: Or, A Vindication of the Principles and Practices of the Moderate Divines and Laity of the Church of England By: 'A Lover of Moderation Resident upon his Cure' (John Owen), 1683 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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Mimi
22/11/2019 04:38:42 pm
I knew it was a word!!
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wordsandphrasesfromthe past
22/11/2019 05:21:31 pm
It is too! An old and obsolete one that needs reviving! So keep using it!
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