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Definition of Rumfordize in English: Rumfordize(also Rumfordise) verb ˈrʌmfədʌɪz rare with object To convert (a fireplace) into a Rumford fireplace.
OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From the title of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford + -ize. Definition of Rumfordize in US English: Rumfordize(also Rumfordise) verbˈrʌmfədʌɪz rare with object To convert (a fireplace) into a Rumford fireplace.
OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From the title of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford + -ize. |