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LAICISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laicise mean?
• LAICISE (verb)
The verb LAICISE has 1 sense:
1. reduce to lay status
Familiarity information: LAICISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduce to lay status
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
laicise; laicize
Context example:
laicize the parochial schools
Hypernyms (to "laicise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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