thesaurize

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thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)

  1. To hoard (typically treasure)
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thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)

  1. To change out words in a sentence for more academic sounding ones without concern for their connotations or denotations