To express in the form of an adage; to make proverbial or to speak in traditional sayings.
From adage + '-ize' (verb suffix). A rare verb formation used in 19th-century literary contexts to describe a particular style of speech.
This almost-abandoned verb shows how English writers once loved creating '-ize' verbs to describe any action—while no one says 'adaize' anymore, the word reveals our ancestors' obsession with systematizing language itself.
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