Verb (used with object), : to parenthesize the pronunciation of a word. From Dictionary.com.
(irb):25: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
It is well to parenthesize here, that of the fatal accidents in the. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
What other experience can parenthesize and synthesize the thrills, travails and titillation of our childhood and adolescent summers?. From Wordnik.com. [Catapult Magazine] Reference
It is well to parenthesize here, that of the fatal accidents in the Sperm-Whale Fishery, this kind is perhaps almost as frequent as any. From Wordnik.com. [Moby-Dick, or, The Whale] Reference
(Other endings being used for other grammatical functions, I parenthesize the endings to indicate the root.) seksem (a) ` sexually inclined. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3] Reference
A criticism, shallow in human nature, however deep in Campbell's Rhetoric, has blamed him for making persons, under great excitement of sorrow, or whatever other emotion, parenthesize some trifling play upon words in the very height of their passion. From Wordnik.com. [Among My Books First Series] Reference
(irb): 21: warning: parenthesize argument (s) for future version NoMethodError: undefined method ` include? 'for main: Object from (irb): 21. From Wordnik.com. [Artima Developer Spotlight] Reference
I will parenthesize all the interruptions. From Wordnik.com. [My Brilliant Career] Reference
)Now, there's a man who knows how to parenthesize (and yes, that is a word; Southey wrote (in his "unfinished and, indeed, unfinishable" The Doctor, which sounds quite intriguing from this description and which includes the first published version of "The Story of the Three Bears"): "Sir Kenelm Digby observes... that it is a common speech (but', he parenthesizes, only amongst the unlearned sort) ubi tres medici duo athei'.". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: Q.PHEEVR ON 'BUTTERFLY.'] Reference
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