D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Italicize

/ĭ-tăl'ĭ-sīz'/ · I·tal·i·cize · IPA /ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/
01 v. t. & i. To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.
imp. & p. p. Italicized; p. pr. & vb. n. Italicizing
  1. 1.
    To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.