v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stigmatized p. pr. & vb. n. Stigmatizing ] [ F. stigmatiser, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ] That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary and beloved baseness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy. [ 1913 Webster ] To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |