cabalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To study and interpret the Kabbalah.
  2. To decode or demystify.
  3. To make mysterious; to entangle or obscure with the trappings of religion, mysticism, or superstition.
  4. To encode using wordplay such as acrostics or ciphers.
  5. To use cabalistic language or perform cabalistic magic.
  6. To encode as a Haskell package with the ".cabal" extension, which can then be installed and interpreted using the cabal command.
verb
  1. To engage in politics as part of a cabal.
  2. To control or manipulate via a cabal or secret political organization.

Pronunciation

/kəˈbɑːlaɪz/ /ˈkæbəlaɪz/

Word forms

cabalize cabalizes cabalizing cabalized

Etymology

From cabala + -ize. Compare French cabaliser.

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