Sāt'ir-ize, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SATIRIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. SATIRIZING.] [Fr. satiriser.] To make the object of satire, to censure with keenness or severity.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. Swift.