soliloquize

soliloquize
soliloquist /seuh lil"euh kwist/, soliloquizer, n.soliloquizingly, adv.
/seuh lil"euh kwuyz'/, v., soliloquized, soliloquizing.
v.i.
1. to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
v.t.
2. to utter in a soliloquy; say to oneself.
Also, esp. Brit., soliloquise.
[1750-60; SOLILOQU(Y) + -IZE]

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