Category:Stigmatize

Stig"ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stigmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Stigmatizing.] Etym: [f. stigmatiser, gr.

1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized Their slaves and soldiers. That. . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, To be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary And beloved baseness. Milton.

2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach Or infamy. To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized. Addison.