See Also: parabolize(dictionary)

ile (iou) and parabolize (iou)


ile (iou)



-ile suffix.
Var. of -IL, esp. in adoptions through French, as agile, erectile, fragile; spec. in Statistics (on the model of Latin ordinal numerals of the type sextilis etc.), forming nouns denoting those values of a variate that divide a population into the indicated number of equal groups, or the groups themselves (decile, percentile).

parabolize (iou)



parabolize verb trans. Also parabolise. E17.
[Orig. from medieval Latin parabolizare speak in parables; in mod. use formed as PARABOLIST + -IZE.]
Express or represent by means of or in a parable. E17.
Make parabolic or paraboloidal in shape. M19.