ˈsycophantize, v. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
† 1. intr. To utter malicious accusations; to slander, calumniate. Obs.
| 1634 Bp. Reynolds Shieldes of Earth (1636) 32 The Accuser..doth not informe, but sycophantize and calumniate. |
2. To deal in mean or servile flattery. Hence ˈsycophantizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1605 G. Powel Refut. Epist. Puritan Papist To Rdr. *2 b, Thus they sycophantize; Puissant Prince and orient Monarch. 1631 R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xviii. 321 By Sycophantizing and observance, he might have beene a Favorite to Alexander. 1640 Bastwick Lord Bps. App. L 3, His flattering and Sycophantising Prelates. 1709 Sacheverell Serm. 15 Aug. 8 Scycophantizing Flattery. 1830 Fraser's Mag. I. 158 D{supr} Bowring should not sycophantise. |