Definition of Physiognomize. Meaning of Physiognomize. Synonyms of Physiognomize

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Definition of Physiognomize

Physiognomize
Physiognomize Phys`i*og"no*mize, v. t. To observe and study the physiognomy of. [R.] --Southey.

Meaning of Physiognomize from wikipedia

- classic of Poetry, Zhuangzi, Cang Jie Pian (primer), classic for Physiognomizing Dogs (相狗經), tables of historical annals, studies of myriad phenomena...
- xiang in its verbal sense of "observe, scrutinize" comparable with "physiognomize". According to the Chinese classics, fangxiangshi originated in the...
- talent", from the chengyu idiom Bole-xiangma (Chinese: 伯樂相馬; lit. 'Bole physiognomizing horse'). The classical Chinese expression (from the Zhanguo Ce below)...
- gymnastic practices in Han times. The tomb also contained a classic for Physiognomizing Dogs (Xiang Gou Jing 相狗經), "a text for ****essing the qualities of dogs...