zabernize, v.

zabernize
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First published 1986; not fully revised

# † zabernizeverb

## Factsheet

### What does the verb zabernize mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb zabernize. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the 1910s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the verb zabernize come from?

Earliest known use

1910s

The only known use of the verb zabernize is in the 1910s.

OED's only evidence for zabernize is from 1914, in Daily News & Leader.

### Nearby entries

1. 800 number, n. 1971–
2. 900 number, n. 1977–
3. 911, n. 1968–
4. 999, n. 1937–
5. Z, n. Old English–
6. 'Z, adj.
7. za, n. 1968–
8. zaatar, n. 1917–
9. zabaglione, n. 1899–
10. zabernism, n. 1916–21
11. zabernize, v.1914
12. zabra, n. 1523–
13. zabuton, n. 1879–
14. zac, n. 1898–
15. 'zackly | 'zactly, adv. 1886–
16. zad, n. 1669–
17. Zadokite, n. & adj. 1910–
18. zadruga, n. 1887–
19. zaffre | zaffer, n. 1662–
20. zaftig, adj. 1921–
21. zafu, n. 1965–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1914
   intransitive.
   Stressed as ˈzabernize.
   1. 1914

      > A quaint illustration of an attempt to ‘zabernise’ in business life..is published..to-night.

      Daily News & Leader 6 April 1/7
   1. zabernize 1914
      intransitive.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zabernism, n.

zabernism, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.