Satirized

Satirized
Satirize Sat"ir*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.] To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm. [1913 Webster]

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. --Swift. [1913 Webster]


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