v.; also 8 -ise. [f. as prec. + -IZE; cf. Gr. βαττολογέ-ειν.]
1. trans. To keep repeating (a word or phrase).
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 191. Battologizing the names Allough Whoddaw and Mohumet very often.
2. intr. To repeat words or phrases with needless iteration; to multiply words.
1712. Sir P. King, Const. Prim. Ch., I. ii. (1713), 37. When we pray, let us not battologise.
a. 1716. Blackall, Wks., 1723, I. 480. Do not Battologize in your prayers, says Our Saviour.
