parenthesize

(pəˈrɛnθɪˌsaɪz) or

parenthesise

vb (tr)

1. (Grammar) to place in parentheses

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to place in parentheses

3. (Grammar) to insert as a parenthesis

4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to insert as a parenthesis

5. (Grammar) to intersperse (a speech, writing, etc) with parentheses

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pa•ren•the•size

(pəˈrɛn θəˌsaɪz)

v.t. -sized, -siz•ing.

to put between marks of parenthesis.

parenthesize

Past participle: parenthesized
Gerund: parenthesizing

Imperative
parenthesize
parenthesize

Present
I parenthesize
you parenthesize
he/she/it parenthesizes
we parenthesize
you parenthesize
they parenthesize

Preterite
I parenthesized
you parenthesized
he/she/it parenthesized
we parenthesized
you parenthesized
they parenthesized

Present Continuous
I am parenthesizing
you are parenthesizing
he/she/it is parenthesizing
we are parenthesizing
you are parenthesizing
they are parenthesizing

Present Perfect
I have parenthesized
you have parenthesized
he/she/it has parenthesized
we have parenthesized
you have parenthesized
they have parenthesized

Past Continuous
I was parenthesizing
you were parenthesizing
he/she/it was parenthesizing
we were parenthesizing
you were parenthesizing
they were parenthesizing

Past Perfect
I had parenthesized
you had parenthesized
he/she/it had parenthesized
we had parenthesized
you had parenthesized
they had parenthesized

Future
I will parenthesize
you will parenthesize
he/she/it will parenthesize
we will parenthesize
you will parenthesize
they will parenthesize

Future Perfect
I will have parenthesized
you will have parenthesized
he/she/it will have parenthesized
we will have parenthesized
you will have parenthesized
they will have parenthesized

Future Continuous
I will be parenthesizing
you will be parenthesizing
he/she/it will be parenthesizing
we will be parenthesizing
you will be parenthesizing
they will be parenthesizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been parenthesizing
you have been parenthesizing
he/she/it has been parenthesizing
we have been parenthesizing
you have been parenthesizing
they have been parenthesizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been parenthesizing
you will have been parenthesizing
he/she/it will have been parenthesizing
we will have been parenthesizing
you will have been parenthesizing
they will have been parenthesizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been parenthesizing
you had been parenthesizing
he/she/it had been parenthesizing
we had been parenthesizing
you had been parenthesizing
they had been parenthesizing

Conditional
I would parenthesize
you would parenthesize
he/she/it would parenthesize
we would parenthesize
you would parenthesize
they would parenthesize

Past Conditional
I would have parenthesized
you would have parenthesized
he/she/it would have parenthesized
we would have parenthesized
you would have parenthesized
they would have parenthesized

References in classic literature

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.

View in context

Thanet Aphornsuvan argues essentially that "separatism" (it is fashionable now to parenthesize that word) was a creation of the Thai state: it was a demonic label conjured by a paranoid and authoritarian postwar Thai state, used to silence political criticism.

Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula

Thus, to parenthesize the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of Post-Structuralism generally, and Foucault specifically, suggests a rapprochement with Critical Theory which cannot be sustained.

Mats Alvesson and Hugh Willmott: Making Sense of Management