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Economize \E*con"o*mize\ ([-e]*k[o^]n"[-o]*m[imac]z), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. {Economized} ([-e]*k[o^]n"[-o]*m[imac]zd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. ['e]conomiser.]
To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with
frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also
{economise}.]
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Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Calculating how to economize time. --W. Irving.
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