Hypertext Webster Gateway: "satirize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.]
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to
censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished
vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished
virtues. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
satirize
v : ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's
proposal" [syn: {satirise}, {lampoon}]
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