Å“conomize

Origin

Å“conomy + -ize

Full definition of Å“conomize

Verb

1. Obsolete spelling of economize
• 1780, Edmund Burke, Mr. Burke’s Speech, in The Works of Edmund Burke, G. Dearborn, volume I, page 289:If therefore we aim at regulating this household, the question will be, whether we ought to Å“conomize by detail, or by principle ? The example we have had of the success of an attempt to Å“conomize by detail, and under establishments adverse to the attempt, may tend to decide this question.