Etymograph

English

pulpitize

From pulpit + -ize.

Formed from pulpit + -ize

Old French pulpite

Middle English pulpit ‘a pulpit’

English pulpit

Today it means

verb To preach or lecture as if from a pulpit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pulpitize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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