Words ending -ISE or -IZE: pairs where both are valid, and words unique to each spelling with definitions
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| FRONT | IZE FORM | BACK | ISE FORM | DEFINITION |
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| — | BIZE | S | BISE | [n. -S] · bise «a cold wind» / [x] { bise bize § bises bizes } |
| — | PRIZE | DRS | PRISE | [v. PRIZED, PRIZING, PRIZES] · to value highly |
| — | SEIZE | DRS | SEISE | [v. SEIZED, SEIZING°, SEIZES] · to take hold of suddenly and forcibly - SEIZABLE [a.] / [x] { seise seised seises seising seize seized seizes seizing § seisable seizable } |
| — | BRAIZE | S | BRAISE | [n. -S] · a marine fish / [x] { braise braize braze § braises brazes § braise braised braises braising braize braze brazed brazes brazing } |
| — | IODIZE | DRS | IODISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to treat with iodine / [x] { iodates § iodate iodated iodates iodating iodinate iodinated iodinates iodinating iodise iodised iodises iodising iodize iodized iodizes iodizing § iodinated iodinating iodised iodized } |
| L | IONIZE | DRS | IONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert into ions / [x] { ionise ionised ionises ionising ionize ionized ionizes ionizing § ionising ionizing } |
| — | AGONIZE | DS | AGONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to suffer extreme pain / [x] { agonise agonised agonises agonising agonize agonized agonizes agonizing § agonised agonising agonized agonizing } |
| — | ANODIZE | DRS | ANODISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to coat with a protective film by chemical means / [x] { anodise anodised anodises anodising anodize anodized anodizes anodizing § anodised anodized } |
| — | APPRIZE | DRS | APPRISE | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to appraise / [x] { appraise appraised appraises appraising apprize apprized apprizes apprizing } |
| — | ATOMIZE | DRS | ATOMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to reduce to a fine spray / [x] { atomise atomised atomises atomising atomize atomized atomizes atomizing § atomised atomized } |
| — | AZOTIZE | DS | AZOTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to treat with nitrogen / [x] { azotise azotised azotises azotising azotize azotized azotizes azotizing } |
| — | BAPTIZE | DRS | BAPTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to administer baptism to / [x] { baptise baptised baptises baptising baptize baptized baptizes baptizing § baptised baptized } |
| — | COGNIZE | DRS | COGNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to become aware of in one's mind / [x] { cognise cognised cognises cognising cognize cognized cognizes cognizing } |
| — | DUALIZE | DS | DUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make twofold / [x] { dualise dualised dualises dualising dualize dualized dualizes dualizing } |
| — | EBONIZE | DS | EBONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to stain black in imitation of ebony / [x] { ebonise ebonised ebonises ebonising ebonize ebonized ebonizes ebonizing } |
| — | ELEGIZE | DS | ELEGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to write an elegy / [x] { elegise elegised elegises elegising elegize elegized elegizes elegizing } |
| — | EMPRIZE | S | EMPRISE | [n. -S] · emprise «an adventurous undertaking» / [x] { emprise emprize enterprise § emprises emprizes enterprises § emprise emprises emprize enterprise enterprises enterprising } |
| — | IDOLIZE | DRS | IDOLISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to worship / [x] { idolise idolised idolises idolising idolize idolized idolizes idolizing } |
| — | IRONIZE | DS | IRONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to mix with nutritional iron / [x] { ironise ironised ironises ironising ironize ironized ironizes ironizing } |
| — | ITEMIZE | DRS | ITEMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to set down the particulars of / [x] { itemise itemised itemises itemising itemize itemized itemizes itemizing } |
| — | KYANIZE | DS | KYANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat wood with a type of preservative / [x] { kyanise kyanised kyanises kyanising kyanize kyanized kyanizes kyanizing } |
| — | LAICIZE | DS | LAICISE | [v. -ICIZED, -ICIZING, -ICIZES] · to free from clerical control / [x] { laicise laicised laicises laicising laicize laicized laicizes laicizing § laicized } |
| — | LIONIZE | DRS | LIONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat or regard as a celebrity / [x] { lionise lionised lionises lionising lionize lionized lionizes lionizing } |
| — | OBELIZE | DS | OBELISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to mark with an obelus / [x] { obelise obelised obelises obelising obelize obelized obelizes obelizing § obelised obelized } |
| — | OXIDIZE | DRS | OXIDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to combine with oxygen / [x] { oxidise oxidised oxidises oxidising oxidize oxidized oxidizes oxidizing § oxidised oxidising oxidized oxidizing } |
| — | OZONIZE | DRS | OZONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert into ozone / [x] { ozonise ozonised ozonises ozonising ozonize ozonized ozonizes ozonizing } |
| — | POETIZE | DRS | POETISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to write poetry / [x] { poeticise poeticised poeticises poeticising poeticize poeticized poeticizes poeticizing poetise poetised poetises poetising poetize poetized poetizes poetizing } |
| — | REALIZE | DRS | REALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to understand completely / [x] { realise realised realises realising realize realized realizes realizing } |
| — | STYLIZE | DRS | STYLISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make conventional / [x] { stylise stylised stylises stylising stylize stylized stylizes stylizing § stylised stylized } |
| — | UTILIZE | DRS | UTILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to make use of / [x] { utilise utilised utilises utilising utilize utilized utilizes utilizing § utilized } |
| — | ALKALIZE | DRS | ALKALISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to convert into an alkali / [x] { alkalified alkalifies alkalify alkalifying alkalinize alkalinized alkalinizes alkalinizing alkalise alkalised alkalises alkalising alkalize alkalized alkalizes alkalizing } |
| — | AMORTIZE | DS | AMORTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to liquidate gradually, as a debt / [x] { amortise amortised amortises amortising amortize amortized amortizes amortizing § amortized } |
| — | APHORIZE | DRS | APHORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to write or speak in aphorisms / [x] { aphorise aphorised aphorises aphorising aphorize aphorized aphorizes aphorizing } |
| — | ARCHAIZE | DRS | ARCHAISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to use archaisms / [x] { archaise archaised archaises archaising archaize archaized archaizes archaizing } |
| — | BOTANIZE | DRS | BOTANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to study plants / [x] { botanise botanised botanises botanising botanize botanized botanizes botanizing } |
| — | CANALIZE | DS | CANALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to canal / [x] { canals § canal canaled canaling canalise canalised canalises canalising canalize canalized canalizes canalizing canalled canalling canals § canaled canalled } |
| — | CANONIZE | DRS | CANONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to declare to be a saint / [x] { canonise canonised canonises canonising canonize canonized canonizes canonizing § canonised canonized } |
| — | CAPONIZE | DS | CAPONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to geld a rooster / [x] { caponise caponised caponises caponising caponize caponized caponizes caponizing } |
| — | CIVILIZE | DRS | CIVILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to bring out of savagery / [x] { civilise civilised civilises civilising civilize civilized civilizes civilizing § civilised civilized } |
| — | COLONIZE | DRS | COLONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to establish a colony / [x] { colonise colonised colonises colonising colonize colonized colonizes colonizing } |
| — | COLORIZE | DRS | COLORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to give color to a black-and-white~ film |
| — | COMPRIZE | DS | COMPRISE | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to comprise / [x] { comprise comprised comprises comprising comprize comprized comprizes comprizing } |
| — | CREOLIZE | DS | CREOLISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause a language to become a creole / [x] { creolise creolised creolises creolising creolize creolized creolizes creolizing } |
| — | CUTINIZE | DS | CUTINISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to become coated with cutin / [x] { cutinise cutinised cutinises cutinising cutinize cutinized cutinizes cutinizing } |
| — | DEIONIZE | DRS | DEIONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to remove ions from / [x] { deionise deionised deionises deionising deionize deionized deionizes deionizing § deionised deionized } |
| — | DEMONIZE | DS | DEMONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make a demon of / [x] { demonise demonised demonises demonising demonize demonized demonizes demonizing } |
| — | DEPUTIZE | DS | DEPUTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to appoint as a deputy / [x] { deputes § depute deputed deputes deputing deputise deputised deputises deputising deputize deputized deputizes deputizing } |
| — | DIGITIZE | DRS | DIGITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to put data into digital notation / [x] { digitise digitised digitises digitising digitize digitized digitizes digitizing § digitized } |
| — | DISSEIZE | DES | DISSEISE | [v. -SEIZED, -SEIZING, -SEIZES] · to disseise «to deprive» / [x] { disseise disseised disseises disseising disseize disseized disseizes disseizing } |
| — | DIVINIZE | DS | DIVINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make divine / [x] { divinise divinised divinises divinising divinize divinized divinizes divinizing } |
| — | ENERGIZE | DRS | ENERGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to give energy to / [x] { energise energised energises energising energize energized energizes energizing § energised energising energized energizing } |
| — | EQUALIZE | DRS | EQUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make equal / [x] { equalise equalised equalises equalising equalize equalized equalizes equalizing § equalizing } |
| — | ETERNIZE | DS | ETERNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make everlasting / [x] { eternalise eternalised eternalises eternalising eternalize eternalized eternalizes eternalizing eternise eternised eternises eternising eternize eternized eternizes eternizing § eternized } |
| — | ETHERIZE | DRS | ETHERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat with ether / [x] { etherise etherised etherises etherising etherize etherized etherizes etherizing } |
| — | EULOGIZE | DRS | EULOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to praise highly / [x] { eulogise eulogised eulogises eulogising eulogize eulogized eulogizes eulogizing } |
| — | EXORCIZE | DS | EXORCISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to exorcise / [x] { exorcise exorcised exorcises exorcising exorcize exorcized exorcizes exorcizing § exorcised } |
| — | FARADIZE | DRS | FARADISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to treat by faradism / [x] { faradise faradised faradises faradising faradize faradized faradizes faradizing } |
| — | FEMINIZE | DS | FEMINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make womanly / [x] { feminise feminised feminises feminising feminize feminized feminizes feminizing § feminised feminising feminized feminizing } |
| — | FINALIZE | DRS | FINALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to put into finished form / [x] { finalise finalised finalises finalising finalize finalized finalizes finalizing } |
| — | FLUIDIZE | DRS | FLUIDISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to flow like a fluid / [x] { fluidise fluidised fluidises fluidising fluidize fluidized fluidizes fluidizing § fluidized } |
| — | FOCALIZE | DS | FOCALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to focus / [x] { focusing focussing § foci focuses focusses § focalise focalised focalises focalising focalize focalized focalizes focalizing focus focused focuses focusing focussed focusses focussing § focused focusing focussed focussing } |
| — | FRANCIZE | DS | FRANCISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to force to adopt French customs and language |
| — | HUMANIZE | DRS | HUMANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make human / [x] { humanise humanised humanises humanising humanize humanized humanizes humanizing } |
| — | IDEALIZE | DRS | IDEALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to regard as perfect / [x] { idealise idealised idealises idealising idealize idealized idealizes idealizing § idealised idealized } |
| — | IMMUNIZE | DRS | IMMUNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to protect from a disease / [x] { immunise immunised immunises immunising immunize immunized immunizes immunizing § immunizing } |
| — | LEGALIZE | DRS | LEGALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make lawful / [x] { legalise legalised legalises legalising legalize legalized legalizes legalizing } |
| — | LOCALIZE | DRS | LOCALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to confine to a particular area / [x] { localise localised localises localising localize localized localizes localizing § localised localized localizing } |
| — | LOGICIZE | DS | LOGICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to reason / [x] { logicise logicised logicises logicising logicize logicized logicizes logicizing } |
| — | LYRICIZE | DS | LYRICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to write lyrics / [x] { lyricise lyricised lyricises lyricising lyricize lyricized lyricizes lyricizing } |
| — | MAXIMIZE | DRS | MAXIMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to make as great as possible / [x] { maximise maximised maximises maximising maximize maximized maximizes maximizing } |
| — | MELODIZE | DRS | MELODISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to compose a melody / [x] { melodise melodised melodises melodising melodize melodized melodizes melodizing } |
| — | MEMORIZE | DRS | MEMORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING°, -RIZES] · to commit to memory / [x] { memorizing § memorizings § memorise memorised memorises memorising memorize memorized memorizes memorizing } |
| — | METALIZE | DS | METALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat with metal / [x] { metalise metalised metalises metalising metalize metalized metalizes metalizing metallise metallised metallises metallising metallize metallized metallizes metallizing } |
| — | MINIMIZE | DRS | MINIMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to make as small as possible / [x] { minimise minimised minimises minimising minimize minimized minimizes minimizing § minimizing } |
| — | MOBILIZE | DRS | MOBILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to put into movement / [x] { mobilise mobilised mobilises mobilising mobilize mobilized mobilizes mobilizing § mobilized } |
| — | MONETIZE | DS | MONETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to coin into money / [x] { monetise monetised monetises monetising monetize monetized monetizes monetizing } |
| — | MORALIZE | DRS | MORALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to explain in a moral sense / [x] { moralise moralised moralises moralising moralize moralized moralizes moralizing } |
| — | MOTORIZE | DS | MOTORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to equip with motor vehicles / [x] { motorise motorised motorises motorising motorize motorized motorizes motorizing § motorised motorized } |
| — | NASALIZE | DS | NASALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to produce sounds nasally / [x] { nasalise nasalised nasalises nasalising nasalize nasalized nasalizes nasalizing § nasalized } |
| — | NEBULIZE | DRS | NEBULISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to reduce to a fine spray / [x] { nebulise nebulised nebulises nebulising nebulize nebulized nebulizes nebulizing § nebulized } |
| — | NOTARIZE | DS | NOTARISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to certify through a notary / [x] { notarise notarised notarises notarising notarize notarized notarizes notarizing } |
| — | NOVELIZE | DRS | NOVELISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to put into the form of a novel / [x] { novelise novelised novelises novelising novelize novelized novelizes novelizing } |
| — | OPSONIZE | DS | OPSONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to form opsonins in / [x] { opsonified opsonifies opsonify opsonifying opsonise opsonised opsonises opsonising opsonize opsonized opsonizes opsonizing § opsonizing } |
| — | OPTIMIZE | DRS | OPTIMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to make as perfect, useful, or effective as possible / [x] { optimise optimised optimises optimising optimize optimized optimizes optimizing § optimizing } |
| — | ORGANIZE | DRS | ORGANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to form into an orderly whole / [x] { organise organised organises organising organize organized organizes organizing § organised organized } |
| — | PAGANIZE | DRS | PAGANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make irreligious / [x] { paganise paganised paganises paganising paganize paganized paganizes paganizing } |
| — | PENALIZE | DS | PENALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to subject to a penalty / [x] { penalise penalised penalises penalising penalize penalized penalizes penalizing § penalised penalized } |
| — | POLARIZE | DRS | POLARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to give polarity to / [x] { polarise polarised polarises polarising polarize polarized polarizes polarizing § polarised polarising polarized polarizing } |
| — | PYRITIZE | DS | PYRITISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert into pyrite / [x] { pyritise pyritised pyritises pyritising pyritize pyritized pyritizes pyritizing § pyritized } |
| — | QUANTIZE | DRS | QUANTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to limit the possible values of to a discrete set / [x] { quantise quantised quantises quantising quantize quantized quantizes quantizing § quantized } |
| — | ROBOTIZE | DS | ROBOTISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make automatic / [x] { robotise robotised robotises robotising robotize robotized robotizes robotizing § robotized } |
| — | ROMANIZE | DS | ROMANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to write in the Roman alphabet / [x] { romanise romanised romanises romanising romanize romanized romanizes romanizing § romanized } |
| — | RURALIZE | DS | RURALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make rural / [x] { ruralise ruralised ruralises ruralising ruralize ruralized ruralizes ruralizing } |
| — | SANITIZE | DRS | SANITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to guard against infection or disease by cleaning or sterilizing / [x] { sanitate sanitated sanitates sanitating sanitise sanitised sanitises sanitising sanitize sanitized sanitizes sanitizing § sanitized } |
| — | SATIRIZE | DRS | SATIRISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to subject to satire / [x] { satirise satirised satirises satirising satirize satirized satirizes satirizing } |
| — | SODOMIZE | DS | SODOMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to engage in sodomy with / [x] { sodomise sodomised sodomises sodomising sodomize sodomized sodomizes sodomizing } |
| — | SOLARIZE | DS | SOLARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to expose to sunlight / [x] { solarise solarised solarises solarising solarize solarized solarizes solarizing } |
| — | SOLECIZE | DS | SOLECISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to use solecisms / [x] { solecise solecised solecises solecising solecize solecized solecizes solecizing } |
| — | SUBERIZE | DS | SUBERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert into cork tissue / [x] { suberise suberised suberises suberising suberize suberized suberizes suberizing } |
| — | SURPRIZE | DS | SURPRISE | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to surprise / [x] { surprise surprize § surprises surprizes § surprise surprised surprises surprising surprize surprized surprizes surprizing § surprised surprising § surprise surprize } |
| — | TETANIZE | DS | TETANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to affect with convulsions / [x] { tetanise tetanised tetanises tetanising tetanize tetanized tetanizes tetanizing } |
| — | THEORIZE | DRS | THEORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to form theories / [x] { theorise theorised theorises theorising theorize theorized theorizes theorizing } |
| — | TOTALIZE | DRS | TOTALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make complete / [x] { totalise totalised totalises totalising totalize totalized totalizes totalizing } |
| — | UNIONIZE | DRS | UNIONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form into a union / [x] { unionise unionised unionises unionising unionize unionized unionizes unionizing § unionised unionized } |
| — | URBANIZE | DS | URBANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to take on urban characteristics / [x] { urbanise urbanised urbanises urbanising urbanize urbanized urbanizes urbanizing } |
| — | VALORIZE | DS | VALORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to establish and maintain the price of by governmental action / [x] { valorise valorised valorises valorising valorize valorized valorizes valorizing } |
| — | VAPORIZE | DRS | VAPORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert into vapor / [x] { vaporise vaporised vaporises vaporising vaporize vaporized vaporizes vaporizing § vaporised } |
| — | VIRILIZE | DS | VIRILISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to introduce male characteristics in / [x] { virilise virilised virilises virilising virilize virilized virilizes virilizing } |
| — | VITALIZE | DRS | VITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to give life to / [x] { vitalise vitalised vitalises vitalising vitalize vitalized vitalizes vitalizing } |
| — | VOCALIZE | DRS | VOCALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to produce with the voice / [x] { vocalises § vocalise vocalised vocalises vocalising vocalize vocalized vocalizes vocalizing } |
| — | VOLUMIZE | DRS | VOLUMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to give body to / [x] { volumise volumised volumises volumising volumize volumized volumizes volumizing § volumized } |
| — | WOMANIZE | DRS | WOMANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make effeminate / [x] { womanise womanised womanises womanising womanize womanized womanizes womanizing } |
| — | ACTUALIZE | DS | ACTUALISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to make actual; to realize in action / [x] { actualise actualised actualises actualising actualize actualized actualizes actualizing § actualized } |
| — | ADVERTIZE | DS | ADVERTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · derivative of advertise / [x] { advertise advertised advertises advertising advertize advertized advertizes advertizing } |
| — | ALCHEMIZE | DS | ALCHEMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to change by alchemy; to transmute / [x] { alchemise alchemised alchemises alchemising alchemize alchemized alchemizes alchemizing } |
| — | ALUMINIZE | DS | ALUMINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to treat or impregnate with alum; to alum / [x] { aluminise aluminised aluminises aluminising aluminize aluminized aluminizes aluminizing § aluminised aluminized } |
| — | ANALOGIZE | DS | ANALOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to employ, or reason by, analogy / [x] { analogise analogised analogises analogising analogize analogized analogizes analogizing } |
| — | ANATOMIZE | DS | ANATOMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts / [x] { anatomise anatomised anatomises anatomising anatomize anatomized anatomizes anatomizing } |
| — | ANGLICIZE | DS | ANGLICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to make English; to English; to anglify~; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies / [x] { anglicized anglicizes anglicizing § anglicise anglicised anglicises anglicising anglicize anglicized anglicizes anglicizing § anglicised anglicized } |
| — | ANIMALIZE | DS | ANIMALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form / [x] { animalise animalised animalises animalising animalize animalized animalizes animalizing } |
| — | ANNUITIZE | DS | ANNUITISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to invest in an annuity |
| — | ANONYMIZE | DRS | ANONYMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to make anonymous |
| — | APOLOGIZE | DRS | APOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to make an apology or defense / [x] { apologise apologised apologises apologising apologize apologized apologizes apologizing } |
| — | AUTHORIZE | DRS | AUTHORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary / [x] { authorise authorised authorises authorising authorize authorized authorizes authorizing § authorised authorized } |
| — | BALKANIZE | DS | BALKANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to divide (a territory) into small warring states / [x] { balkanise balkanised balkanises balkanising balkanize balkanized balkanizes balkanizing § balkanised balkanized } |
| — | BARBARIZE | DS | BARBARISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to become barbarous / [x] { barbarise barbarised barbarises barbarising barbarize barbarized barbarizes barbarizing } |
| — | BRUTALIZE | DS | BRUTALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make brutal; beasty~; unfeeling; or inhuman / [x] { brutalise brutalised brutalises brutalising brutalize brutalized brutalizes brutalizing § brutalizing } |
| — | CAPSULIZE | DS | CAPSULISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to state (information) in a highly condensed form / [x] { capsules § capsule capsuled capsules capsuling capsulise capsulised capsulises capsulising capsulize capsulized capsulizes capsulizing § capsuled } |
| — | CARBONIZE | DS | CARBONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char / [x] { carbonise carbonised carbonises carbonising carbonize carbonized carbonizes carbonizing § carbonised carbonized } |
| — | CARBURIZE | DS | CARBURISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to combine with carbon / [x] { carburise carburised carburises carburising carburize carburized carburizes carburizing } |
| — | CARTELIZE | DS | CARTELISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form or be formed into a cartel / [x] { cartelise cartelised cartelises cartelising cartelize cartelized cartelizes cartelizing } |
| — | CATECHIZE | DRS | CATECHISE | [v. -CHIZED, -CHIZING, -CHIZES] · © see Catechise / [x] { catechise catechised catechises catechising catechize catechized catechizes catechizing } |
| — | CAUTERIZE | DS | CAUTERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to burn or sear with a cautery or caustic |
| — | CICATRIZE | DS | CICATRISE | [v. -TRIZED, -TRIZING, -TRIZES] · © to heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh / [x] { cicatrise cicatrised cicatrises cicatrising cicatrize cicatrized cicatrizes cicatrizing } |
| — | COLOURIZE | DS | COLOURISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to colorize / [x] { colourise colourised colourises colourising colourize colourized colourizes colourizing } |
| — | COMMUNIZE | DS | COMMUNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make (property) public; nationalize / [x] { communise communised communises communising communize communized communizes communizing } |
| — | CRETINIZE | DS | CRETINISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to turn into or label as a cretin |
| — | CRITICIZE | DRS | CRITICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to judge (something) with disapproval; censure / [x] { criticise criticised criticises criticising criticize criticized criticizes criticizing } |
| — | CUSTOMIZE | DRS | CUSTOMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to modify (something) according to a customer's individual requirements / [x] { customise customised customises customising customize customized customizes customizing § customised } |
| — | DENTALIZE | DS | DENTALISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to change into a dental sound |
| — | DEODORIZE | DRS | DEODORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities / [x] { deodorise deodorised deodorises deodorising deodorize deodorized deodorizes deodorizing } |
| — | DIABOLIZE | DS | DIABOLISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to render diabolical |
| — | DIESELIZE | DS | DIESELISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to equip (something) with a diesel engine or diesel engines |
| — | DOGMATIZE | DRS | DOGMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance / [x] { dogmatise dogmatised dogmatises dogmatising dogmatize dogmatized dogmatizes dogmatizing } |
| — | DRAMATIZE | DS | DRAMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode / [x] { dramatise dramatised dramatises dramatising dramatize dramatized dramatizes dramatizing } |
| — | ECONOMIZE | DRS | ECONOMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income / [x] { economise economised economises economising economize economized economizes economizing } |
| — | EMPATHIZE | DRS | EMPATHISE | [v. -THIZED, -THIZING, -THIZES] · (intransitive) to engage in or feel empathy / [x] { empathise empathised empathises empathising empathize empathized empathizes empathizing } |
| — | EMPHASIZE | DS | EMPHASISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · © to utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase / [x] { emphasise emphasised emphasises emphasising emphasize emphasized emphasizes emphasizing § emphasized } |
| — | EPIMERIZE | DS | EPIMERISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to change from one epimer to another |
| — | EPITOMIZE | DS | EPITOMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin~ / [x] { epitomise epitomised epitomises epitomising epitomize epitomized epitomizes epitomizing } |
| — | EROTICIZE | DS | EROTICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to regard or present in a sexual way / [x] { eroticise eroticised eroticises eroticising eroticize eroticized eroticizes eroticizing erotize erotized erotizes erotizing § eroticized } |
| — | EUPHEMIZE | DRS | EUPHEMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions / [x] { euphemise euphemised euphemises euphemising euphemize euphemized euphemizes euphemizing } |
| — | EXPERTIZE | DS | EXPERTISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (US) to act as an expert or give an expert opinion (on) |
| — | FACTORIZE | DS | FACTORISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to express as a product of factors / [x] { factorise factorised factorises factorising factorize factorized factorizes factorizing } |
| — | FANTASIZE | DRS | FANTASISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · when tr, takes a clause as object to conceive extravagant or whimsical ideas, images, etc~ / [x] { fantasies phantasies § fantasied fantasies fantasise fantasised fantasises fantasising fantasize fantasized fantasizes fantasizing fantasy fantasying phantasied phantasies phantasy phantasying § fantasied phantasied } |
| — | FERTILIZE | DRS | FERTILISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows / [x] { fertilise fertilised fertilises fertilising fertilize fertilized fertilizes fertilizing } |
| — | FETISHIZE | DS | FETISHISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to be excessively or irrationally devoted to (an object, activity, etc~) / [x] { fetishise fetishised fetishises fetishising fetishize fetishized fetishizes fetishizing } |
| — | FORMALIZE | DRS | FORMALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to give form, or a certain form, to; to model / [x] { formalise formalised formalises formalising formalize formalized formalizes formalizing } |
| — | FOSSILIZE | DS | FOSSILISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood / [x] { fossilise fossilised fossilises fossilising fossilize fossilized fossilizes fossilizing § fossilised fossilized } |
| — | GALVANIZE | DRS | GALVANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents / [x] { galvanise galvanised galvanises galvanising galvanize galvanized galvanizes galvanizing § galvanised galvanized galvanizing } |
| — | GHETTOIZE | DS | GHETTOISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category / [x] { ghettoise ghettoised ghettoises ghettoising ghettoize ghettoized ghettoizes ghettoizing } |
| — | GLAMORIZE | DRS | GLAMORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify / [x] { glamorise glamorised glamorises glamorising glamorize glamorized glamorizes glamorizing glamourise glamourised glamourises glamourising glamourize glamourized glamourizes glamourizing } |
| — | GLOBALIZE | DS | GLOBALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to put into effect or spread worldwide / [x] { globalise globalised globalises globalising globalize globalized globalizes globalizing § globalised globalized } |
| — | HARMONIZE | DRS | HARMONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize / [x] { harmonise harmonised harmonises harmonising harmonize harmonized harmonizes harmonizing } |
| — | HYBRIDIZE | DRS | HYBRIDISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks / [x] { hybridise hybridised hybridises hybridising hybridize hybridized hybridizes hybridizing } |
| — | HYPNOTIZE | DS | HYPNOTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism / [x] { hypnotise hypnotised hypnotises hypnotising hypnotize hypnotized hypnotizes hypnotizing § hypnotised hypnotising hypnotized hypnotizing } |
| — | ISOMERIZE | DS | ISOMERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (chemistry) to change or cause to change from one isomer to another / [x] { isomerise isomerised isomerises isomerising isomerize isomerized isomerizes isomerizing § isomerized isomerizing } |
| — | ITALICIZE | DS | ITALICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much / [x] { italicise italicised italicises italicising italicize italicized italicizes italicizing § italicised italicized } |
| — | JARGONIZE | DS | JARGONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to translate into jargon / [x] { jargonise jargonised jargonises jargonising jargonize jargonized jargonizes jargonizing } |
| — | LINEARIZE | DS | LINEARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or represent as linear / [x] { linearise linearised linearises linearising linearize linearized linearizes linearizing § linearised linearized } |
| — | LIQUIDIZE | DRS | LIQUIDISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render liquid |
| — | MAGNETIZE | DRS | MAGNETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle / [x] { magnetise magnetised magnetises magnetising magnetize magnetized magnetizes magnetizing § magnetised magnetized } |
| — | MARBLEIZE | DS | MARBLEISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron / [x] { marbles § marbelize marbelized marbelizes marbelizing marble marbled marbleise marbleised marbleises marbleising marbleize marbleized marbleizes marbleizing marbles marbling § marbled } |
| — | MECHANIZE | DRS | MECHANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to cause to be mechanical / [x] { mechanise mechanised mechanises mechanising mechanize mechanized mechanizes mechanizing § mechanised mechanized } |
| — | MERCERIZE | DS | MERCERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat (cotton yarn) with an alkali to increase its strength and reception to dye and impart a lustrous silky appearance / [x] { mercerise mercerised mercerises mercerising mercerize mercerized mercerizes mercerizing } |
| — | MESMERIZE | DRS | MESMERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to bring into a state of mesmeric sleep / [x] { mesmerise mesmerised mesmerises mesmerising mesmerize mesmerized mesmerizes mesmerizing § mesmerised mesmerising mesmerized mesmerizing } |
| — | METALLIZE | DS | METALLISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal / [x] { metalise metalised metalises metalising metalize metalized metalizes metalizing metallise metallised metallises metallising metallize metallized metallizes metallizing } |
| — | METHODIZE | DS | METHODISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts / [x] { methodise methodised methodises methodising methodize methodized methodizes methodizing } |
| — | MODERNIZE | DRS | MODERNISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste / [x] { modernise modernised modernises modernising modernize modernized modernizes modernizing § modernised modernising modernized modernizing } |
| — | MYTHICIZE | DRS | MYTHICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to make into or treat as a myth / [x] { mythicise mythicised mythicises mythicising mythicize mythicized mythicizes mythicizing } |
| — | NARCOTIZE | DS | NARCOTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis / [x] { narcotise narcotised narcotises narcotising narcotize narcotized narcotizes narcotizing § narcotised narcotized } |
| — | NECROTIZE | DS | NECROTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] to undergo necrosis / [x] { necrotise necrotised necrotises necrotising necrotize necrotized necrotizes necrotizing § necrotising necrotized necrotizing } |
| — | NEOLOGIZE | DS | NEOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words / [x] { neologise neologised neologises neologising neologize neologized neologizes neologizing } |
| — | NORMALIZE | DRS | NORMALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to bring or make into the normal state / [x] { normalise normalised normalises normalising normalize normalized normalizes normalizing § normalizing } |
| — | OSTRACIZE | DS | OSTRACISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens~ / [x] { ostracise ostracised ostracises ostracising ostracize ostracized ostracizes ostracizing § ostracised ostracized } |
| — | PACKETIZE | DS | PACKETISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to separate into data packets |
| — | PALLETIZE | DRS | PALLETISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to stack or transport on a pallet or pallets / [x] { palletise palletised palletises palletising palletize palletized palletizes palletizing § palletized } |
| — | PATRONIZE | DRS | PATRONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid / [x] { patronise patronised patronises patronising patronize patronized patronizes patronizing § patronising patronizing } |
| — | PAUPERIZE | DS | PAUPERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry / [x] { pauperise pauperised pauperises pauperising pauperize pauperized pauperizes pauperizing } |
| — | PELLETIZE | DRS | PELLETISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form or shape into pellets / [x] { pelletise pelletised pelletises pelletising pelletize pelletized pelletizes pelletizing } |
| — | PIDGINIZE | DS | PIDGINISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to create a pidgin version of (a language) / [x] { pidginise pidginised pidginises pidginising pidginize pidginized pidginizes pidginizing } |
| — | PLATINIZE | DS | PLATINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to cover or combine with platinum / [x] { platinise platinised platinises platinising platinize platinized platinizes platinizing } |
| — | PLURALIZE | DS | PLURALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make plural by using the plural termination; to attribute plurality to; to express in the plural form / [x] { pluralise pluralised pluralises pluralising pluralize pluralized pluralizes pluralizing } |
| — | PODSOLIZE | DS | PODSOLISE | ! [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to podzolize |
| — | PODZOLIZE | DS | PODZOLISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · (usually passive) to make into or form a podzol / [x] { podzolise podzolised podzolises podzolising podzolize podzolized podzolizes podzolizing } |
| — | POETICIZE | DS | POETICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to put into poetry or make poetic / [x] { poeticise poeticised poeticises poeticising poeticize poeticized poeticizes poeticizing poetise poetised poetises poetising poetize poetized poetizes poetizing } |
| — | PRECONIZE | DS | PRECONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to approve by preconization / [x] { preconise preconised preconises preconising preconize preconized preconizes preconizing } |
| — | PRIVATIZE | DS | PRIVATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to transfer (the production of goods or services) from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation / [x] { privatizing § privatise privatised privatises privatising privatize privatized privatizes privatizing } |
| — | PUBLICIZE | DS | PUBLICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to bring to public notice; advertise / [x] { publicise publicised publicises publicising publicize publicized publicizes publicizing § publicized } |
| — | PULVERIZE | DRS | PULVERISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to reduce to powder / [x] { pulverise pulverised pulverises pulverising pulverize pulverized pulverizes pulverizing } |
| — | RACIALIZE | DS | RACIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to render racial in tone or content / [x] { racialise racialised racialises racialising racialize racialized racializes racializing § racialized } |
| — | RANDOMIZE | DRS | RANDOMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to set up (a selection process, sample, etc~) in a deliberately random way in order to enhance the statistical validity of any results obtained / [x] { randomise randomised randomises randomising randomize randomized randomizes randomizing § randomised randomized } |
| — | RASTERIZE | DRS | RASTERISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to convert into rasters |
| — | RECOGNIZE | DRS | RECOGNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to cognize again + / [x] { recognise recognised recognises recognising recognize recognized recognizes recognizing § recognised recognized } |
| — | RITUALIZE | DS | RITUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (intransitive) to engage in ritualism or devise rituals / [x] { ritualise ritualised ritualises ritualising ritualize ritualized ritualizes ritualizing § ritualized } |
| — | ROUTINIZE | DS | ROUTINISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make routine / [x] { routinise routinised routinises routinising routinize routinized routinizes routinizing § routinized } |
| — | RUBBERIZE | DS | RUBBERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to coat with rubber or a similar material / [x] { rubberise rubberised rubberises rubberising rubberize rubberized rubberizes rubberizing § rubberised rubberized } |
| — | SACRALIZE | DS | SACRALISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to make sacred / [x] { sacralise sacralised sacralises sacralising sacralize sacralized sacralizes sacralizing } |
| — | SENSITIZE | DRS | SENSITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate / [x] { sensitise sensitised sensitises sensitising sensitize sensitized sensitizes sensitizing § sensitised sensitising sensitized sensitizing } |
| — | SERIALIZE | DS | SERIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to publish or present in the form of a serial / [x] { serialise serialised serialises serialising serialize serialized serializes serializing § serialized } |
| — | SERMONIZE | DRS | SERMONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach / [x] { sermonise sermonised sermonises sermonising sermonize sermonized sermonizes sermonizing } |
| — | SEXUALIZE | DS | SEXUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to attribute sex to / [x] { sexualise sexualised sexualises sexualising sexualize sexualized sexualizes sexualizing § sexualised sexualized } |
| — | SIGNALIZE | DS | SIGNALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make noteworthy or conspicuous / [x] { signalise signalised signalises signalising signalize signalized signalizes signalizing } |
| — | SLOGANIZE | DS | SLOGANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (intransitive) to compose or use slogans / [x] { sloganise sloganised sloganises sloganising sloganize sloganized sloganizes sloganizing } |
| — | SOCIALIZE | DRS | SOCIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render social / [x] { socialise socialised socialises socialising socialize socialized socializes socializing § socialised socialized socializing } |
| — | SOLEMNIZE | DS | SOLEMNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms |
| — | STABILIZE | DRS | STABILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to make or become stable or more stable / [x] { stabilise stabilised stabilises stabilising stabilize stabilized stabilizes stabilizing } |
| — | STERILIZE | DRS | STERILISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility / [x] { sterilise sterilised sterilises sterilising sterilize sterilized sterilizes sterilizing § sterilized } |
| — | SUBSIDIZE | DRS | SUBSIDISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to aid with public funds / [x] { subsidise subsidised subsidises subsidising subsidize subsidized subsidizes subsidizing § subsidised subsidized } |
| — | SUBTILIZE | DS | SUBTILISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse / [x] { subtilise subtilised subtilises subtilising subtilize subtilized subtilizes subtilizing } |
| — | SUMMARIZE | DRS | SUMMARISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly / [x] { summarise summarised summarises summarising summarize summarized summarizes summarizing } |
| — | SYLLABIZE | DS | SYLLABISE | [v. -BIZED, -BIZING, -BIZES] · © to syllabify «© to form or divide into syllables» / [x] { syllabise syllabised syllabises syllabising syllabize syllabized syllabizes syllabizing } |
| — | SYLLOGIZE | DS | SYLLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to reason by means of syllogisms / [x] { syllogise syllogised syllogises syllogising syllogize syllogized syllogizes syllogizing } |
| — | SYMBOLIZE | DRS | SYMBOLISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize / [x] { symbolise symbolised symbolises symbolising symbolize symbolized symbolizes symbolizing } |
| — | SYNERGIZE | DS | SYNERGISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to create synergy / [x] { synergise synergised synergises synergising synergize synergized synergizes synergizing } |
| — | SYNOPSIZE | DS | SYNOPSISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to make a synopsis of / [x] { synopsise synopsised synopsises synopsising synopsize synopsized synopsizes synopsizing } |
| — | TANTALIZE | DRS | TANTALISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to tease or torment by presenting something desirable / [x] { tantalise tantalised tantalises tantalising tantalize tantalized tantalizes tantalizing § tantalising tantalizing } |
| — | TEMPORIZE | DRS | TEMPORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties / [x] { temporise temporised temporises temporising temporize temporized temporizes temporizing § temporizing } |
| — | TENDERIZE | DRS | TENDERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (meat) tender by pounding it to break down the fibres, by steeping it in a marinade, or by treating it with a tenderizer / [x] { tenderise tenderised tenderises tenderising tenderize tenderized tenderizes tenderizing § tenderized } |
| — | TERRORIZE | DS | TERRORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation / [x] { terrorise terrorised terrorises terrorising terrorize terrorized terrorizes terrorizing } |
| — | TEXTURIZE | DS | TEXTURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to apply texture to / [x] { texturise texturised texturises texturising texturize texturized texturizes texturizing } |
| — | THEMATIZE | DS | THEMATISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to convert into a theme / [x] { thematise thematised thematises thematising thematize thematized thematizes thematizing } |
| — | THERAPIZE | DS | THERAPISE | [v.] to subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy |
| — | TYRANNIZE | DRS | TYRANNISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to rule as a tyrant / [x] { tyrannise tyrannised tyrannises tyrannising tyrannize tyrannized tyrannizes tyrannizing } |
| — | VANDALIZE | DS | VANDALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to destroy or damage (something) by an act of vandalism / [x] { vandalise vandalised vandalises vandalising vandalize vandalized vandalizes vandalizing § vandalised vandalized } |
| — | VECTORIZE | DS | VECTORISE | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to convert into a vector / [x] { vectorise vectorised vectorises vectorising vectorize vectorized vectorizes vectorizing } |
| — | VERBALIZE | DRS | VERBALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert into a verb; to verbify / [x] { verbalise verbalised verbalises verbalising verbalize verbalized verbalizes verbalizing } |
| — | VICTIMIZE | DRS | VICTIMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make a victim of, esp~. by deception; to dupe; to cheat / [x] { victimise victimised victimises victimising victimize victimized victimizes victimizing § victimized } |
| — | VISUALIZE | DRS | VISUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make visual, or visible; to see in fancy / [x] { visualise visualised visualises visualising visualize visualized visualizes visualizing § visualized } |
| — | VULCANIZE | DRS | VULCANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India~ rubber, by the process of vulcanization / [x] { vulcanising vulcanizing § vulcanise vulcanised vulcanises vulcanising vulcanize vulcanized vulcanizes vulcanizing } |
| — | VULGARIZE | DRS | VULGARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make vulgar, or common / [x] { vulgarise vulgarised vulgarises vulgarising vulgarize vulgarized vulgarizes vulgarizing § vulgarising vulgarizing } |
| — | WINTERIZE | DS | WINTERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (US & Canadian~) to prepare (a house, car, etc~) to withstand winter conditions / [x] { winterise winterised winterises winterising winterize winterized winterizes winterizing § winterized } |
| — | AGGRANDIZE | DRS | AGGRANDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress / [x] { aggrandise aggrandised aggrandises aggrandising aggrandize aggrandized aggrandizes aggrandizing } |
| — | ALLEGORIZE | DRS | ALLEGORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people / [x] { allegorise allegorised allegorises allegorising allegorize allegorized allegorizes allegorizing } |
| — | ANTAGONIZE | DS | ANTAGONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract |
| — | APOSTATIZE | DS | APOSTATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered / [x] { apostatise apostatised apostatises apostatising apostatize apostatized apostatizes apostatizing } |
| — | AUTOMATIZE | DS | AUTOMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make (a process, etc~) automatic or (of a process, etc~) to be made automatic / [x] { automatise automatised automatises automatising automatize automatized automatizes automatizing } |
| — | BASTARDIZE | DS | BASTARDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate / [x] { bastardise bastardised bastardises bastardising bastardize bastardized bastardizes bastardizing } |
| — | BOWDLERIZE | DRS | BOWDLERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to remove passages or words regarded as indecent from (a play, novel, etc~); expurgate / [x] { bowdlerise bowdlerised bowdlerises bowdlerising bowdlerize bowdlerized bowdlerizes bowdlerizing § bowdlerized } |
| — | BURGLARIZE | DS | BURGLARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (US & Canadian~) to break into (a place) and steal from (someone); burgle / [x] { burglarise burglarised burglarises burglarising burglarize burglarized burglarizes burglarizing burgle burgled burgles burgling } |
| — | CAPITALIZE | DS | CAPITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert into capital, or to use as capital / [x] { capitalise capitalised capitalises capitalising capitalize capitalized capitalizes capitalizing § capitalised capitalized } |
| — | CARAMELIZE | DS | CARAMELISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert or be converted into caramel / [x] { caramelise caramelised caramelises caramelising caramelize caramelized caramelizes caramelizing } |
| — | CATEGORIZE | DS | CATEGORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue / [x] { categorise categorised categorises categorising categorize categorized categorizes categorizing § categorized } |
| — | CENTRALIZE | DRS | CENTRALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control / [x] { centralise centralised centralises centralising centralize centralized centralizes centralizing § centralised centralized } |
| — | CHANNELIZE | DS | CHANNELISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to guide through or as if through a channel; provide a channel for / [x] { channelise channelised channelises channelising channelize channelized channelizes channelizing } |
| — | CLASSICIZE | DS | CLASSICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to make classic / [x] { classicise classicised classicises classicising classicize classicized classicizes classicizing § classicizing } |
| — | CONCERTIZE | DS | CONCERTISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (intransitive) (esp~ of a soloist or conductor) to give concerts / [x] { concertise concertised concertises concertising concertize concertized concertizes concertizing } |
| — | CONCRETIZE | DS | CONCRETISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to render concrete; make real or specific; give tangible form to / [x] { concretise concretised concretises concretising concretize concretized concretizes concretizing } |
| — | DECIMALIZE | DS | DECIMALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency / [x] { decimalise decimalised decimalises decimalising decimalize decimalized decimalizes decimalizing } |
| — | DECOLONIZE | DS | DECOLONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to grant independence to (a colony) / [x] { decolonise decolonised decolonises decolonising decolonize decolonized decolonizes decolonizing } |
| — | DECOLORIZE | DRS | DECOLORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deprive of color; to whiten / [x] { decolorise decolorised decolorises decolorising decolorize decolorized decolorizes decolorizing decolourize decolourized decolourizes decolourizing } |
| — | DEHUMANIZE | DS | DEHUMANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc~.; as, dehumanizing influences / [x] { dehumanise dehumanised dehumanises dehumanising dehumanize dehumanized dehumanizes dehumanizing § dehumanising dehumanizing } |
| — | DELOCALIZE | DS | DELOCALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to remove from the usual locality / [x] { delocalise delocalised delocalises delocalising delocalize delocalized delocalizes delocalizing § delocalized } |
| — | DEMOBILIZE | DRS | DEMOBILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized / [x] { demobs § demob demobbed demobbing demobilise demobilised demobilises demobilising demobilize demobilized demobilizes demobilizing demobs } |
| — | DEMONETIZE | DS | DEMONETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money / [x] { demonetise demonetised demonetises demonetising demonetize demonetized demonetizes demonetizing } |
| — | DEMORALIZE | DRS | DEMORALISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to weaken the morale or confidence of / [x] { demoralise demoralised demoralises demoralising demoralize demoralized demoralizes demoralizing § demoralising demoralized demoralizing } |
| — | DEPOLARIZE | DRS | DEPOLARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition / [x] { depolarise depolarised depolarises depolarising depolarize depolarized depolarizes depolarizing } |
| — | DEVITALIZE | DS | DEVITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deprive of life or vitality / [x] { devitalise devitalised devitalises devitalising devitalize devitalized devitalizes devitalizing } |
| — | DIGITALIZE | DS | DIGITALISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to administer digitoxin or digoxin to (a patient) for the treatment of certain heart disorders / [x] { digitalise digitalised digitalises digitalising digitalize digitalized digitalizes digitalizing } |
| — | ETERNALIZE | DS | ETERNALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make eternal / [x] { eternalise eternalised eternalises eternalising eternalize eternalized eternalizes eternalizing eternise eternised eternises eternising eternize eternized eternizes eternizing § eternized } |
| — | EVANGELIZE | DRS | EVANGELISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity~; as, to evangelize the world / [x] { evangelise evangelised evangelises evangelising evangelize evangelized evangelizes evangelizing } |
| — | FEDERALIZE | DS | FEDERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution / [x] { federalise federalised federalises federalising federalize federalized federalizes federalizing } |
| — | FRATERNIZE | DRS | FRATERNISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings |
| — | GELATINIZE | DS | GELATINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate~, v. t / [x] { gelatinise gelatinised gelatinises gelatinising gelatinize gelatinized gelatinizes gelatinizing } |
| — | GENERALIZE | DRS | GENERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera / [x] { generalise generalised generalises generalising generalize generalized generalizes generalizing § generalised generalized } |
| — | GEOMETRIZE | DS | GEOMETRISE | [v. -TRIZED, -TRIZING, -TRIZES] · © to investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry / [x] { geometrise geometrised geometrises geometrising geometrize geometrized geometrizes geometrizing } |
| — | GLAMOURIZE | DS | GLAMOURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · derivative of glamorize «to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify» / [x] { glamorise glamorised glamorises glamorising glamorize glamorized glamorizes glamorizing glamourise glamourised glamourises glamourising glamourize glamourized glamourizes glamourizing } |
| — | GORMANDIZE | DRS | GORMANDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton / [x] { gormandise gormandised gormandises gormandising gormandize gormandized gormandizes gormandizing gourmandise gourmandised gourmandises gourmandising gourmandize gourmandized gourmandizes gourmandizing } |
| — | GRAPHITIZE | DS | GRAPHITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to convert (a substance) into graphite, usually by heating / [x] { graphitizing § graphitise graphitised graphitises graphitising graphitize graphitized graphitizes graphitizing § graphitized } |
| — | HEPARINIZE | DS | HEPARINISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to treat with heparin, especially so as to prevent coagulation |
| — | HOMOGENIZE | DRS | HOMOGENISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to break up the fat globules in (milk or cream) so that they are evenly distributed / [x] { homogenise homogenised homogenises homogenising homogenize homogenized homogenizes homogenizing § homogenized } |
| — | HOMOLOGIZE | DRS | HOMOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to determine the homologies or structural relations of / [x] { homologise homologised homologises homologising homologize homologized homologizes homologizing } |
| — | IMMOBILIZE | DRS | IMMOBILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages / [x] { immobilise immobilised immobilises immobilising immobilize immobilized immobilizes immobilizing § immobilized } |
| — | INDIGENIZE | DS | INDIGENISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · (anthropology) to alter (something) so as to make it fit in with the local culture / [x] { indigenise indigenised indigenises indigenising indigenize indigenized indigenizes indigenizing } |
| — | INITIALIZE | DS | INITIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to assign an initial value to (a variable or storage location) in a computer program / [x] { initialise initialised initialises initialising initialize initialized initializes initializing } |
| — | ITALIANIZE | DS | ITALIANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to play the Italian~; to speak Italian~ / [x] { italianate italianated italianates italianating italianise italianised italianises italianising italianize italianized italianizes italianizing } |
| — | JEOPARDIZE | DS | JEOPARDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard / [x] { jeopardise jeopardised jeopardises jeopardising jeopardize jeopardized jeopardizes jeopardizing } |
| — | KERATINIZE | DS | KERATINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to become or cause to become impregnated with keratin / [x] { keratinise keratinised keratinises keratinising keratinize keratinized keratinizes keratinizing } |
| — | LEGITIMIZE | DRS | LEGITIMISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to make lawful or valid / [x] { legitimates § legitimate legitimated legitimates legitimating legitimatize legitimatized legitimatizes legitimatizing legitimise legitimised legitimises legitimising legitimize legitimized legitimizes legitimizing } |
| — | LIBERALIZE | DRS | LIBERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices / [x] { liberalise liberalised liberalises liberalising liberalize liberalized liberalizes liberalizing § liberalised } |
| — | LITERALIZE | DS | LITERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture / [x] { literalise literalised literalises literalising literalize literalized literalizes literalizing } |
| — | LOBOTOMIZE | DS | LOBOTOMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to perform a lobotomy on / [x] { lobotomise lobotomised lobotomises lobotomising lobotomize lobotomized lobotomizes lobotomizing § lobotomised } |
| — | LYOPHILIZE | DRS | LYOPHILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to dry (blood, serum, tissue, etc~) by freezing in a high vacuum; freeze dry / [x] { lyophilise lyophilised lyophilises lyophilising lyophilize lyophilized lyophilizes lyophilizing § lyophilized } |
| — | LYSOGENIZE | DS | LYSOGENISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make lysogenic / [x] { lysogenise lysogenised lysogenises lysogenising lysogenize lysogenized lysogenizes lysogenizing } |
| — | MACADAMIZE | DS | MACADAMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface / [x] { macadamise macadamised macadamises macadamising macadamize macadamized macadamizes macadamizing } |
| — | MEDICALIZE | DS | MEDICALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat or view in medical terms / [x] { medicalise medicalised medicalises medicalising medicalize medicalized medicalizes medicalizing } |
| — | METABOLIZE | DS | METABOLISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to change by a metabolic process / [x] { metabolise metabolised metabolises metabolising metabolize metabolized metabolizes metabolizing § metabolizing } |
| — | MILITARIZE | DS | MILITARISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to convert to military use / [x] { militarise militarised militarises militarising militarize militarized militarizes militarizing } |
| — | MINERALIZE | DRS | MINERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to transform into a mineral / [x] { mineralise mineralised mineralises mineralising mineralize mineralized mineralizes mineralizing § mineralized mineralizing } |
| — | MISSIONIZE | DRS | MISSIONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to work as a missionary / [x] { missionise missionised missionises missionising missionize missionized missionizes missionizing } |
| — | MOISTURIZE | DRS | MOISTURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to add or restore moisture to (the air, the skin, etc~) / [x] { moisturizing § moisturise moisturised moisturises moisturising moisturize moisturized moisturizes moisturizing § moisturizing } |
| — | MONGRELIZE | DS | MONGRELISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels / [x] { mongrelise mongrelised mongrelises mongrelising mongrelize mongrelized mongrelizes mongrelizing § mongrelized } |
| — | MONOLOGIZE | DS | MONOLOGISE | [v.] to deliver a monologue / [x] { monologise monologised monologises monologising monologize monologized monologizes monologizing } |
| — | MONOPOLIZE | DRS | MONOPOLISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to have exclusive control of / [x] { monopolise monopolised monopolises monopolising monopolize monopolized monopolizes monopolizing } |
| — | MUSICALIZE | DS | MUSICALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to adapt (a novel, play, etc~) to a musical form / [x] { musicalise musicalised musicalises musicalising musicalize musicalized musicalizes musicalizing § musicalised } |
| — | NATURALIZE | DS | NATURALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study / [x] { naturalise naturalised naturalises naturalising naturalize naturalized naturalizes naturalizing § naturalised naturalized } |
| — | NEUTRALIZE | DRS | NEUTRALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality / [x] { neutralise neutralised neutralises neutralising neutralize neutralized neutralizes neutralizing } |
| — | NOMINALIZE | DS | NOMINALISE | [v.] to use as or change into a noun, often by affixing a morpheme |
| — | PALATALIZE | DS | PALATALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to palatize~ / [x] { palatalise palatalised palatalises palatalising palatalize palatalized palatalizes palatalizing § palatalized } |
| — | PANEGYRIZE | DS | PANEGYRISE | [v.] to praise, especially in an eloquent speech or in writing / [x] { panegyrise panegyrised panegyrises panegyrising panegyrize panegyrized panegyrizes panegyrizing } |
| — | PARASITIZE | DS | PARASITISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to infest or infect with parasites / [x] { parasitise parasitised parasitises parasitising parasitize parasitized parasitizes parasitizing § parasitised parasitized } |
| — | PASTEURIZE | DRS | PASTEURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to subject to pasteurization / [x] { pasteurise pasteurised pasteurises pasteurising pasteurize pasteurized pasteurizes pasteurizing } |
| — | PLAGIARIZE | DRS | PLAGIARISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement / [x] { plagiarise plagiarised plagiarises plagiarising plagiarize plagiarized plagiarizes plagiarizing § plagiarized } |
| — | PLASTICIZE | DRS | PLASTICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer / [x] { plasticise plasticised plasticises plasticising plasticize plasticized plasticizes plasticizing } |
| — | POLEMICIZE | DS | POLEMICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to engage in controversy / [x] { polemicise polemicised polemicises polemicising polemicize polemicized polemicizes polemicizing } |
| — | POLITICIZE | DS | POLITICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to render political in tone, interest, or awareness / [x] { politicise politicised politicises politicising politicize politicized politicizes politicizing § politicised politicized } |
| — | POLYMERIZE | DS | POLYMERISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to form a polymer / [x] { polymerise polymerised polymerises polymerising polymerize polymerized polymerizes polymerizing § polymerizing } |
| — | POPULARIZE | DRS | POPULARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy / [x] { popularise popularised popularises popularising popularize popularized popularizes popularizing } |
| — | PRESSURIZE | DRS | PRESSURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to increase the pressure in (an enclosure, such as an aircraft cabin) in order to maintain approximately atmospheric pressure when the external pressure is low / [x] { pressurise pressurised pressurises pressurising pressurize pressurized pressurizes pressurizing § pressurised pressurized } |
| — | PRIORITIZE | DS | PRIORITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to arrange (items to be attended to) in order of their relative importance / [x] { prioritise prioritised prioritises prioritising prioritize prioritized prioritizes prioritizing § prioritized } |
| — | RADICALIZE | DS | RADICALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (a person) more radical / [x] { radicalise radicalised radicalises radicalising radicalize radicalized radicalizes radicalizing § radicalized } |
| — | RECOLONIZE | DS | RECOLONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to colonize again + / [x] { recolonise recolonised recolonises recolonising recolonize recolonized recolonizes recolonizing } |
| — | REGULARIZE | DS | REGULARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to cause to become regular; to regulate / [x] { regularise regularised regularises regularising regularize regularized regularizes regularizing § regularised } |
| — | REORGANIZE | DRS | REORGANISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to organize again + / [x] { reorgs § reorg reorganise reorganised reorganises reorganising reorganize reorganized reorganizes reorganizing reorged reorging reorgs § reorganized } |
| — | REVITALIZE | DS | REVITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to vitalize again + / [x] { revitalise revitalised revitalises revitalising revitalize revitalized revitalizes revitalizing § revitalized } |
| — | RHAPSODIZE | DS | RHAPSODISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody / [x] { rhapsodise rhapsodised rhapsodises rhapsodising rhapsodize rhapsodized rhapsodizes rhapsodizing } |
| — | SCANDALIZE | DS | SCANDALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to offend the feelings or the conscience of by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon / [x] { scandalise scandalised scandalises scandalising scandalize scandalized scandalizes scandalizing § scandalised scandalized scandalizing } |
| — | SCHEMATIZE | DS | SCHEMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to form a scheme or schemes / [x] { schematise schematised schematises schematising schematize schematized schematizes schematizing } |
| — | SCRUTINIZE | DRS | SCRUTINISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to examine closely / [x] { scrutinise scrutinised scrutinises scrutinising scrutinize scrutinized scrutinizes scrutinizing § scrutinising } |
| — | SECULARIZE | DRS | SECULARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk / [x] { secularise secularised secularises secularising secularize secularized secularizes secularizing } |
| — | SECURITIZE | DS | SECURITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · (finance) to reduce the risk of (a loan) by the use of such securities as eurobonds~ / [x] { securitise securitised securitises securitising securitize securitized securitizes securitizing § securitized } |
| — | SENSUALIZE | DS | SENSUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize~; as, sensualized by pleasure / [x] { sensualise sensualised sensualises sensualising sensualize sensualized sensualizes sensualizing } |
| — | SLENDERIZE | DS | SLENDERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (mainly US & Canadian~) to make or become slender |
| — | SOLUBILIZE | DS | SOLUBILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to make or become soluble, as in the addition of detergents to fats to make them dissolve in water / [x] { solubilise solubilised solubilises solubilising solubilize solubilized solubilizes solubilizing } |
| — | SPATIALIZE | DS | SPATIALISE | [v.] to localize sounds in physical space |
| — | SPECIALIZE | DS | SPECIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to mention specially; to particularize / [x] { specialise specialised specialises specialising specialize specialized specializes specializing § specialised specialized } |
| — | STIGMATIZE | DS | STIGMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers / [x] { stigmatise stigmatised stigmatises stigmatising stigmatize stigmatized stigmatizes stigmatizing § stigmatized } |
| — | STRATEGIZE | DS | STRATEGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to make strategies / [x] { strategise strategised strategises strategising strategize strategized strategizes strategizing } |
| — | SULPHURIZE | DS | SULPHURISE | [v.] · alternative spelling of sulfurize «the US preferred spelling of sulphurize» / [x] { sulfuring § sulfurets sulfurs sulphurs § sulfur sulfured sulfuret sulfureted sulfureting sulfurets sulfuretted sulfuretting sulfuring sulfurize sulfurized sulfurizes sulfurizing sulfurs sulphur sulphured sulphuring sulphurise sulphurised sulphurises sulphurising sulphurize sulphurized sulphurizes sulphurizing sulphurs § sulfured sulfuretted sulfurized } |
| — | SYMMETRIZE | DS | SYMMETRISE | [v. -TRIZED, -TRIZING, -TRIZES] · © to make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry / [x] { symmetrise symmetrised symmetrises symmetrising symmetrize symmetrized symmetrizes symmetrizing } |
| — | SYMPATHIZE | DRS | SYMPATHISE | [v. -THIZED, -THIZING, -THIZES] · © to have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain / [x] { sympathise sympathised sympathises sympathising sympathize sympathized sympathizes sympathizing } |
| — | SYNCRETIZE | DS | SYNCRETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy) / [x] { syncretise syncretised syncretises syncretising syncretize syncretized syncretizes syncretizing } |
| — | SYNTHESIZE | DRS | SYNTHESISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · © to combine by synthesis; to unite / [x] { synthesise synthesised synthesises synthesising synthesize synthesized synthesizes synthesizing § synthesized } |
| — | THEOLOGIZE | DRS | THEOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology / [x] { theologise theologised theologises theologising theologize theologized theologizes theologizing } |
| — | TRAUMATIZE | DS | TRAUMATISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to inflict psychological trauma upon / [x] { traumatise traumatised traumatises traumatising traumatize traumatized traumatizes traumatizing § traumatized } |
| — | TRIVIALIZE | DS | TRIVIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to seem trivial or more trivial; minimize / [x] { trivialise trivialised trivialises trivialising trivialize trivialized trivializes trivializing } |
| — | VITAMINIZE | DS | VITAMINISE | [v.] to add vitamins to a food product as a dietary supplement |
| — | VOLATILIZE | DS | VOLATILISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor / [x] { volatilise volatilised volatilises volatilising volatilize volatilized volatilizes volatilizing } |
| — | WESTERNIZE | DRS | WESTERNISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to influence or make familiar with the customs, practices, etc~, of the West / [x] { westernise westernised westernises westernising westernize westernized westernizes westernizing § westernized } |
| — | ACCESSORIZE | DS | ACCESSORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to add accessories to / [x] { accessorise accessorised accessorises accessorising accessorize accessorized accessorizes accessorizing § accessorized } |
| — | ACCLIMATIZE | DRS | ACCLIMATISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to adapt to a new climate or environment / [x] { acclimatise acclimatised acclimatises acclimatising acclimatize acclimatized acclimatizes acclimatizing climatized § acclimatised acclimatized climatized } |
| — | ALPHABETIZE | DRS | ALPHABETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words |
| — | ANESTHETIZE | DS | ANESTHETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · derivative of anaesthetize «to render insensible to pain by administering an anaesthetic» / [x] { anaesthetise anaesthetised anaesthetises anaesthetising anaesthetize anaesthetized anaesthetizes anaesthetizing anesthetise anesthetised anesthetises anesthetising anesthetize anesthetized anesthetizes anesthetizing § anesthetized } |
| — | ANTHOLOGIZE | DRS | ANTHOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to compile or put into an anthology / [x] { anthologise anthologised anthologises anthologising anthologize anthologized anthologizes anthologizing } |
| — | ARTERIALIZE | DS | ARTERIALISE | † [v.] to convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs) |
| — | CANNIBALIZE | DS | CANNIBALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to use (serviceable parts from one machine or vehicle) to repair another, esp~ as an alternative to using new parts / [x] { cannibalise cannibalised cannibalises cannibalising cannibalize cannibalized cannibalizes cannibalizing § cannibalized } |
| — | CATHETERIZE | DS | CATHETERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to operate on with a catheter / [x] { catheterise catheterised catheterises catheterising catheterize catheterized catheterizes catheterizing } |
| — | CIRCULARIZE | DS | CIRCULARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to distribute circulars to / [x] { circularise circularised circularises circularising circularize circularized circularizes circularizing § circularized } |
| — | CIVILIANIZE | DS | CIVILIANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc~) from military to nonmilitary / [x] { civilianise civilianised civilianises civilianising civilianize civilianized civilianizes civilianizing } |
| — | COLONIALIZE | DS | COLONIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make colonial / [x] { colonialise colonialised colonialises colonialising colonialize colonialized colonializes colonializing } |
| — | COMPUTERIZE | DS | COMPUTERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause (certain operations) to be performed by a computer, esp~ as a replacement for human labour / [x] { computerise computerised computerises computerising computerize computerized computerizes computerizing § computerised computerized } |
| — | CONVEYORIZE | DS | CONVEYORISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to equip with a conveyor system / [x] { conveyorise conveyorised conveyorises conveyorising conveyorize conveyorized conveyorizes conveyorizing § conveyorised conveyorized } |
| — | CORPORATIZE | DS | CORPORATISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert (a government-controlled~ industry or enterprise) into an independent company / [x] { corporatise corporatised corporatises corporatising corporatize corporatized corporatizes corporatizing } |
| — | COSMETICIZE | DS | COSMETICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to give (someone or something) a cosmetic treatment / [x] { cosmeticise cosmeticised cosmeticises cosmeticising cosmeticize cosmeticized cosmeticizes cosmeticizing } |
| — | CRIMINALIZE | DS | CRIMINALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (an action or activity) criminal / [x] { criminalise criminalised criminalises criminalising criminalize criminalized criminalizes criminalizing } |
| — | CRYSTALLIZE | DRS | CRYSTALLISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form / [x] { crystalize crystalized crystalizes crystalizing crystallise crystallised crystallises crystallising crystallize crystallized crystallizes crystallizing § crystallized } |
| — | DECARBONIZE | DRS | DECARBONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood / [x] { decarbonise decarbonised decarbonises decarbonising decarbonize decarbonized decarbonizes decarbonizing } |
| — | DEMAGNETIZE | DRS | DEMAGNETISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to deprive of magnetic properties / [x] { demagnetise demagnetised demagnetises demagnetising demagnetize demagnetized demagnetizes demagnetizing § demagnetized } |
| — | DEMOCRATIZE | DRS | DEMOCRATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to render democratic / [x] { democratise democratised democratises democratising democratize democratized democratizes democratizing } |
| — | DESENSITIZE | DRS | DESENSITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to render insensitive or less sensitive / [x] { desensitise desensitised desensitises desensitising desensitize desensitized desensitizes desensitizing } |
| — | DESEXUALIZE | DS | DESEXUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay Often shortened to: desex / [x] { desexualise desexualised desexualises desexualising desexualize desexualized desexualizes desexualizing } |
| — | DESTABILIZE | DS | DESTABILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to undermine or subvert (a government, economy, etc~) so as to cause unrest or collapse / [x] { destabilise destabilised destabilises destabilising destabilize destabilized destabilizes destabilizing § destabilising destabilizing } |
| — | DESULFURIZE | DS | DESULFURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · another spelling of desulphurize / [x] { desulfurise desulfurised desulfurises desulfurising desulfurize desulfurized desulfurizes desulfurizing desulphurise desulphurised desulphurises desulphurising desulphurize desulphurized desulphurizes desulphurizing } |
| — | DETRIBALIZE | DS | DETRIBALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their characteristic customs or social, religious, or other organizational features / [x] { detribalise detribalised detribalises detribalising detribalize detribalized detribalizes detribalizing § detribalised detribalized } |
| — | DISORGANIZE | DS | DISORGANISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to destroy the organization of / [x] { disorganise disorganised disorganises disorganising disorganize disorganized disorganizes disorganizing § disorganised disorganized } |
| — | EMBLEMATIZE | DS | EMBLEMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize / [x] { emblematise emblematised emblematises emblematising emblematize emblematized emblematizes emblematizing } |
| — | ETYMOLOGIZE | DS | ETYMOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word / [x] { etymologise etymologised etymologises etymologising etymologize etymologized etymologizes etymologizing } |
| — | EXTEMPORIZE | DRS | EXTEMPORISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address / [x] { extemporise extemporised extemporises extemporising extemporize extemporized extemporizes extemporizing } |
| — | EXTERIORIZE | DS | EXTERIORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (surgery) to expose (an attached organ or part) outside a body cavity, esp~ in order to remove it from an operating area / [x] { exteriorise exteriorised exteriorises exteriorising exteriorize exteriorized exteriorizes exteriorizing } |
| — | EXTERNALIZE | DS | EXTERNALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make external; to manifest by outward form / [x] { externalise externalised externalises externalising externalize externalized externalizes externalizing } |
| — | FAMILIARIZE | DS | FAMILIARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress / [x] { familiarise familiarised familiarises familiarising familiarize familiarized familiarizes familiarizing } |
| — | GOURMANDIZE | DS | GOURMANDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] alternative spelling of gourmandise «to eat food in a gluttonous manner» / [x] { gormandise gormandised gormandises gormandising gormandize gormandized gormandizes gormandizing gourmandise gourmandised gourmandises gourmandising gourmandize gourmandized gourmandizes gourmandizing } |
| — | HIERARCHIZE | DS | HIERARCHISE | [v. -CHIZED, -CHIZING, -CHIZES] · to arrange in a hierarchy / [x] { hierarchise hierarchised hierarchises hierarchising hierarchize hierarchized hierarchizes hierarchizing § hierarchized } |
| — | HOSPITALIZE | DS | HOSPITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital / [x] { hospitalise hospitalised hospitalises hospitalising hospitalize hospitalized hospitalizes hospitalizing § hospitalised hospitalized } |
| — | HYPOSTASIZE | DS | HYPOSTASISE | † [v.] to hypostatize / [x] { hypostasize hypostasized hypostasizes hypostasizing hypostatize hypostatized hypostatizes hypostatizing } |
| — | HYPOTHESIZE | DRS | HYPOTHESISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to form or assume as a hypothesis |
| — | IMMORTALIZE | DRS | IMMORTALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever / [x] { immortalise immortalised immortalises immortalising immortalize immortalized immortalizes immortalizing } |
| — | INCENTIVIZE | DS | INCENTIVISE | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] to provide incentives for / [x] { incentivise incentivised incentivises incentivising incentivize incentivized incentivizes incentivizing } |
| — | INFANTILIZE | DS | INFANTILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · (psychology, pejorative) to encourage or force someone to behave like a child / [x] { infantilise infantilised infantilises infantilising infantilize infantilized infantilizes infantilizing } |
| — | INTERIORIZE | DS | INTERIORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · another word for internalize / [x] { interiorise interiorised interiorises interiorising interiorize interiorized interiorizes interiorizing } |
| — | INTERNALIZE | DS | INTERNALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (psychology, sociology) to make internal, esp~ to incorporate within oneself (values, attitudes, etc~) through learning or socialization Also: interiorize Compare introject / [x] { internalise internalised internalises internalising internalize internalized internalizes internalizing § internalized } |
| — | MARGINALIZE | DS | MARGINALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to relegate to the fringes, out of the mainstream; make seem unimportant |
| — | MASCULINIZE | DS | MASCULINISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to make masculine / [x] { masculinise masculinised masculinises masculinising masculinize masculinized masculinizes masculinizing § masculinised } |
| — | MATERIALIZE | DRS | MATERIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects / [x] { materialise materialised materialises materialising materialize materialized materializes materializing § materialized } |
| — | MEDIEVALIZE | DS | MEDIEVALISE | † [v.] to make medieval |
| — | MEMORIALIZE | DRS | MEMORIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature / [x] { memorialise memorialised memorialises memorialising memorialize memorialized memorializes memorializing } |
| — | MERCHANDIZE | DS | MERCHANDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING°, -DIZES] · merchandise / [x] { merchandise merchandize § merchandises merchandizes § merchandise merchandised merchandises merchandising merchandize merchandized merchandizes merchandizing } |
| — | METASTASIZE | DS | METASTASISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · (pathology) (esp~ of cancer cells) to spread to a new site in the body via blood or lymph vessels / [x] { metastasise metastasised metastasises metastasising metastasize metastasized metastasizes metastasizing } |
| — | MINIATURIZE | DS | MINIATURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or construct (something, esp~ electronic equipment) on a very small scale; reduce in size |
| — | MYTHOLOGIZE | DRS | MYTHOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths |
| — | NATIONALIZE | DRS | NATIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation / [x] { nationalise nationalised nationalises nationalising nationalize nationalized nationalizes nationalizing } |
| — | OBJECTIVIZE | DS | OBJECTIVISE | † [v.] to objectify |
| — | PARAMETRIZE | DS | PARAMETRISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · another word for parameterize / [x] { parameterise parameterised parameterises parameterising parameterize parameterized parameterizes parameterizing parametrise parametrised parametrises parametrising parametrize parametrized parametrizes parametrizing § parameterized parametrized } |
| — | PATHOLOGIZE | DS | PATHOLOGISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to represent (something) as a disease / [x] { pathologise pathologised pathologises pathologising pathologize pathologized pathologizes pathologizing } |
| — | PERSONALIZE | DS | PERSONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make personal / [x] { personalise personalised personalises personalising personalize personalized personalizes personalizing § personalised personalized } |
| — | PHAGOCYTIZE | DS | PHAGOCYTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · (biology) to carry out phagocytosis / [x] { phagocytise phagocytised phagocytises phagocytising phagocytize phagocytized phagocytizes phagocytizing phagocytose phagocytosed phagocytoses phagocytosing § phagocytosed } |
| — | PROSELYTIZE | DRS | PROSELYTISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte / [x] { proselytes § proselyte proselyted proselytes proselyting proselytise proselytised proselytises proselytising proselytize proselytized proselytizes proselytizing } |
| — | PRUSSIANIZE | DS | PRUSSIANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make Prussian~ in character, esp~ with respect to military matters / [x] { prussianise prussianised prussianises prussianising prussianize prussianized prussianizes prussianizing } |
| — | RATIONALIZE | DRS | RATIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make rational; also, to convert to rationalism / [x] { rationalise rationalised rationalises rationalising rationalize rationalized rationalizes rationalizing § rationalised rationalized } |
| — | REGIONALIZE | DS | REGIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to divide or organize into regions for administrative purposes / [x] { regionalise regionalised regionalises regionalising regionalize regionalized regionalizes regionalizing § regionalized } |
| — | ROMANTICIZE | DS | ROMANTICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · (intransitive) to think or act in a romantic way / [x] { romanticise romanticised romanticises romanticising romanticize romanticized romanticizes romanticizing § romanticised romanticized } |
| — | SINGULARIZE | DS | SINGULARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make singular or single; to distinguish / [x] { singularise singularised singularises singularising singularize singularized singularizes singularizing } |
| — | SKELETONIZE | DRS | SKELETONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton / [x] { skeletonise skeletonised skeletonises skeletonising skeletonize skeletonized skeletonizes skeletonizing § skeletonized } |
| — | SOLILOQUIZE | DRS | SOLILOQUISE | [v. -QUIZED, -QUIZING, -QUIZES] · © to utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self / [x] { soliloquise soliloquised soliloquises soliloquising soliloquize soliloquized soliloquizes soliloquizing } |
| — | STANDARDIZE | DS | STANDARDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis / [x] { standardise standardised standardises standardising standardize standardized standardizes standardizing § standardised standardized } |
| — | SUBURBANIZE | DS | SUBURBANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make suburban / [x] { suburbanise suburbanised suburbanises suburbanising suburbanize suburbanized suburbanizes suburbanizing § suburbanised } |
| — | SYNCHRONIZE | DRS | SYNCHRONISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to agree in time; to be simultaneous / [x] { synchs syncs § sunk sync synced synch synched synching synchronise synchronised synchronises synchronising synchronize synchronized synchronizes synchronizing synchs syncing syncs § synchronised synchronized } |
| — | SYSTEMATIZE | DRS | SYSTEMATISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to arrange methodically / [x] { systematise systematised systematises systematising systematize systematized systematizes systematizing } |
| — | TAUTOLOGIZE | DS | TAUTOLOGISE | † [v.] to speak or write using tautology |
| — | TRANQUILIZE | DRS | TRANQUILISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © alt. of Tranquillize / [x] { tranquilise tranquilize tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillise tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing } |
| — | VASCULARIZE | DS | VASCULARISE | † [v.] to supply with vessels (that conduct fluid) |
| — | VASECTOMIZE | DS | VASECTOMISE | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to perform a vasectomy on / [x] { vasectomise vasectomised vasectomises vasectomising vasectomize vasectomized vasectomizes vasectomizing § vasectomized } |
| — | ANAESTHETIZE | DS | ANAESTHETISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to render insensible to pain by administering an anaesthetic / [x] { anaesthetise anaesthetised anaesthetises anaesthetising anaesthetize anaesthetized anaesthetizes anaesthetizing anesthetise anesthetised anesthetises anesthetising anesthetize anesthetized anesthetizes anesthetizing § anesthetized } |
| — | ANATHEMATIZE | DS | ANATHEMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed / [x] { anathematise anathematised anathematises anathematising anathematize anathematized anathematizes anathematizing } |
| — | APOSTROPHIZE | DS | APOSTROPHISE | [v. -PHIZED, -PHIZING, -PHIZES] · © p. pr~. & vb~. n. To address by apostrophe / [x] { apostrophise apostrophised apostrophises apostrophising apostrophize apostrophized apostrophizes apostrophizing } |
| — | ATTITUDINIZE | DS | ATTITUDINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose / [x] { attitudinise attitudinised attitudinises attitudinising attitudinize attitudinized attitudinizes attitudinizing } |
| — | CHARACTERIZE | DS | CHARACTERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features |
| — | CHRONOLOGIZE | DS | CHRONOLOGISE | † [v.] to establish an order of events based on the time of their occurrence / [x] { chronologise chronologised chronologises chronologising chronologize chronologized chronologizes chronologizing } |
| — | COLLECTIVIZE | DS | COLLECTIVISE | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] · to organize according to the principles of collectivism / [x] { collectivise collectivised collectivises collectivising collectivize collectivized collectivizes collectivizing } |
| — | CONTAINERIZE | DS | CONTAINERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convey (cargo) in standard-sized~ containers / [x] { containerise containerised containerises containerising containerize containerized containerizes containerizing § containerised containerized } |
| — | COPOLYMERIZE | DS | COPOLYMERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to react (two compounds) together to produce a copolymer / [x] { copolymerise copolymerised copolymerises copolymerising copolymerize copolymerized copolymerizes copolymerizing § copolymerized } |
| — | DECENTRALIZE | DS | DECENTRALISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to distribute power away from a central authority / [x] { decentralise decentralised decentralises decentralising decentralize decentralized decentralizes decentralizing § decentralized } |
| — | DELEGITIMIZE | DS | DELEGITIMISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make invalid, illegal, or unacceptable / [x] { delegitimate delegitimated delegitimates delegitimating delegitimise delegitimised delegitimises delegitimising delegitimize delegitimized delegitimizes delegitimizing } |
| — | DEMILITARIZE | DS | DEMILITARISE | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to remove any military presence or function in (an area) / [x] { demilitarise demilitarised demilitarises demilitarising demilitarize demilitarized demilitarizes demilitarizing § demilitarised demilitarized } |
| — | DEMINERALIZE | DRS | DEMINERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp~ water) / [x] { demineralise demineralised demineralises demineralising demineralize demineralized demineralizes demineralizing § demineralized } |
| — | DENATURALIZE | DS | DENATURALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render unnatural; to alienate from nature / [x] { denaturalise denaturalised denaturalises denaturalising denaturalize denaturalized denaturalizes denaturalizing } |
| — | DENUCLEARIZE | DS | DENUCLEARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to deprive (a country, state, etc~) of nuclear weapons / [x] { denuclearise denuclearised denuclearises denuclearising denuclearize denuclearized denuclearizes denuclearizing } |
| — | DEPOLITICIZE | DS | DEPOLITICISE | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical / [x] { depoliticise depoliticised depoliticises depoliticising depoliticize depoliticized depoliticizes depoliticizing } |
| — | DEPOLYMERIZE | DS | DEPOLYMERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way / [x] { depolymerise depolymerised depolymerises depolymerising depolymerize depolymerized depolymerizes depolymerizing § depolymerizing } |
| — | DEPRESSURIZE | DS | DEPRESSURISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin / [x] { depressurise depressurised depressurises depressurising depressurize depressurized depressurizes depressurizing } |
| — | DESULPHURIZE | DS | DESULPHURISE | † [v.] · alternative spelling of desulfurize «another spelling of desulphurize» / [x] { desulfurise desulfurised desulfurises desulfurising desulfurize desulfurized desulfurizes desulfurizing desulphurise desulphurised desulphurises desulphurising desulphurize desulphurized desulphurizes desulphurizing } |
| — | DIPHTHONGIZE | DS | DIPHTHONGISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel |
| — | EDITORIALIZE | DRS | EDITORIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to express an opinion in or as in an editorial / [x] { editorialise editorialised editorialises editorialising editorialize editorialized editorializes editorializing } |
| — | EMOTIONALIZE | DS | EMOTIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to give an emotional character to / [x] { emotionalise emotionalised emotionalises emotionalising emotionalize emotionalized emotionalizes emotionalizing } |
| — | ESSENTIALIZE | DS | ESSENTIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to render essential / [x] { essentialise essentialised essentialises essentialising essentialize essentialized essentializes essentializing } |
| — | FICTIONALIZE | DRS | FICTIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make into fiction or give a fictional aspect to / [x] { fictionalise fictionalised fictionalises fictionalising fictionalize fictionalized fictionalizes fictionalizing } |
| — | PARAMETERIZE | DS | PARAMETERISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to describe or characterize in terms of a parameter Also: parametrize, parametrise, (p?'ræm??tra~?z) / [x] { parameterise parameterised parameterises parameterising parameterize parameterized parameterizes parameterizing parametrise parametrised parametrises parametrising parametrize parametrized parametrizes parametrizing § parameterized parametrized } |
| — | PARENTHESIZE | DS | PARENTHESISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · © to make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks / [x] { parenthesise parenthesised parenthesises parenthesising parenthesize parenthesized parenthesizes parenthesizing § parenthesized } |
| — | PHILOSOPHIZE | DRS | PHILOSOPHISE | [v. -PHIZED, -PHIZING, -PHIZES] · © to reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence / [x] { philosophise philosophised philosophises philosophising philosophize philosophized philosophizes philosophizing } |
| — | PHLEBOTOMIZE | DS | PHLEBOTOMISE | † [v.] to perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood |
| — | PROPAGANDIZE | DRS | PROPAGANDISE | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to spread by propaganda / [x] { propagandise propagandised propagandises propagandising propagandize propagandized propagandizes propagandizing } |
| — | PSYCHOLOGIZE | DS | PSYCHOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to make interpretations of behaviour and mental processes / [x] { psychologise psychologised psychologises psychologising psychologize psychologized psychologizes psychologizing } |
| — | RECAPITALIZE | DS | RECAPITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to capitalize again + / [x] { recapitalise recapitalised recapitalises recapitalising recapitalize recapitalized recapitalizes recapitalizing } |
| — | SECTIONALIZE | DS | SECTIONALISE | † [v.] to divide into sections |
| — | SPIRITUALIZE | DS | SPIRITUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to refine intellectiually~ or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul / [x] { spiritualise spiritualised spiritualises spiritualising spiritualize spiritualized spiritualizes spiritualizing } |
| — | SUBJECTIVIZE | DS | SUBJECTIVISE | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] · to make subjective / [x] { subjectivise subjectivised subjectivises subjectivising subjectivize subjectivized subjectivizes subjectivizing } |
| — | TRANQUILLIZE | DRS | TRANQUILLISE | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to make calm / [x] { tranquilise tranquilize tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillise tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing } |
| — | UNIVERSALIZE | DS | UNIVERSALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make universal; to generalize / [x] { universalise universalised universalises universalising universalize universalized universalizes universalizing } |
| — | ANAGRAMMATIZE | DS | ANAGRAMMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram / [x] { anagrammatise anagrammatised anagrammatises anagrammatising anagrammatize anagrammatized anagrammatizes anagrammatizing } |
| — | BUREAUCRATIZE | DS | BUREAUCRATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy / [x] { bureaucratise bureaucratised bureaucratises bureaucratising bureaucratize bureaucratized bureaucratizes bureaucratizing } |
| — | COLLATERALIZE | DS | COLLATERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to treat (a security) as collateral / [x] { collateralise collateralised collateralises collateralising collateralize collateralized collateralizes collateralizing § collateralized } |
| — | COMMERCIALIZE | DS | COMMERCIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make commercial in aim, methods, or character / [x] { commercialise commercialised commercialises commercialising commercialize commercialized commercializes commercializing } |
| — | CONCEPTUALIZE | DRS | CONCEPTUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form (a concept or concepts) out of observations, experience, data, etc~ / [x] { conceptualise conceptualised conceptualises conceptualising conceptualize conceptualized conceptualizes conceptualizing } |
| — | CONTEXTUALIZE | DS | CONTEXTUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context / [x] { contextualise contextualised contextualises contextualising contextualize contextualized contextualizes contextualizing } |
| — | DECRIMINALIZE | DS | DECRIMINALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to remove (an action) from the legal category of criminal offence / [x] { decriminalise decriminalised decriminalises decriminalising decriminalize decriminalized decriminalizes decriminalizing } |
| — | DEMATERIALIZE | DS | DEMATERIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics / [x] { dematerialise dematerialised dematerialises dematerialising dematerialize dematerialized dematerializes dematerializing } |
| — | DEMYTHOLOGIZE | DRS | DEMYTHOLOGISE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to eliminate all mythical elements from (a piece of writing, esp~ the Bible) so as to arrive at an essential meaning / [x] { demythologise demythologised demythologises demythologising demythologize demythologized demythologizes demythologizing } |
| — | DENATIONALIZE | DS | DENATIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to divest or deprive of national character or rights / [x] { denationalise denationalised denationalises denationalising denationalize denationalized denationalizes denationalizing } |
| — | DEPERSONALIZE | DS | DEPERSONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to deprive (a person, organization, system, etc~) of individual or personal qualities; render impersonal / [x] { depersonalise depersonalised depersonalises depersonalising depersonalize depersonalized depersonalizes depersonalizing } |
| — | FRACTIONALIZE | DS | FRACTIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to break into separate parts / [x] { fractionalise fractionalised fractionalises fractionalising fractionalize fractionalized fractionalizes fractionalizing } |
| — | INDIVIDUALIZE | DS | INDIVIDUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © the mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality / [x] { individualise individualised individualises individualising individualize individualized individualizes individualizing § individualized } |
| — | INDUSTRIALIZE | DS | INDUSTRIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to develop industry on an extensive scale in (a country, region, etc~) / [x] { industrialise industrialised industrialises industrialising industrialize industrialized industrializes industrializing § industrialised industrialising industrialized industrializing } |
| — | MELODRAMATIZE | DS | MELODRAMATISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make melodramatic / [x] { melodramatise melodramatised melodramatises melodramatising melodramatize melodramatized melodramatizes melodramatizing } |
| — | MONUMENTALIZE | DS | MONUMENTALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to commemorate or immortalize with a monument / [x] { monumentalise monumentalised monumentalises monumentalising monumentalize monumentalized monumentalizes monumentalizing } |
| — | OVEREMPHASIZE | DS | OVEREMPHASISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to give excessive emphasis or prominence to (something) / [x] { overemphasise overemphasised overemphasises overemphasising overemphasize overemphasized overemphasizes overemphasizing } |
| — | PARTICULARIZE | DS | PARTICULARISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail / [x] { particularise particularised particularises particularising particularize particularized particularizes particularizing } |
| — | PEDESTRIANIZE | DS | PEDESTRIANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert (a street) into an area for the use of pedestrians only, by excluding all motor vehicles / [x] { pedestrianise pedestrianised pedestrianises pedestrianising pedestrianize pedestrianized pedestrianizes pedestrianizing § pedestrianized } |
| — | PHENOMENALIZE | DS | PHENOMENALISE | † [v.] to represent as a phenomenon |
| — | PLATITUDINIZE | DS | PLATITUDINISE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to utter platitudes or truisms / [x] { platitudinise platitudinised platitudinises platitudinising platitudinize platitudinized platitudinizes platitudinizing } |
| — | PROVINCIALIZE | DS | PROVINCIALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render provincial / [x] { provincialise provincialised provincialises provincialising provincialize provincialized provincializes provincializing } |
| — | RECRYSTALLIZE | DS | RECRYSTALLISE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to crystallize again + / [x] { recrystallise recrystallised recrystallises recrystallising recrystallize recrystallized recrystallizes recrystallizing } |
| — | REVOLUTIONIZE | DRS | REVOLUTIONISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government / [x] { revolutionise revolutionised revolutionises revolutionising revolutionize revolutionized revolutionizes revolutionizing } |
| — | TRANSISTORIZE | DS | TRANSISTORISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert (a system, device, industry, etc~) to the use or manufacture of or operation by transistors and other solid-state~ components / [x] { transistorise transistorised transistorises transistorising transistorize transistorized transistorizes transistorizing § transistorized } |
| — | VENTRILOQUIZE | DS | VENTRILOQUISE | [v. -QUIZED, -QUIZING, -QUIZES] · © to practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist / [x] { ventriloquise ventriloquised ventriloquises ventriloquising ventriloquize ventriloquized ventriloquizes ventriloquizing } |
| — | HYPERSENSITIZE | DS | HYPERSENSITISE | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to treat (a photographic emulsion), usually after manufacture and shortly before exposure, to increase its speed / [x] { hypersensitise hypersensitised hypersensitises hypersensitize hypersensitized hypersensitizes § hypersensitized } |
| — | HYSTERECTOMIZE | DS | HYSTERECTOMISE | † [v.] to perform a hysterectomy upon |
| — | OVERCAPITALIZE | DS | OVERCAPITALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to provide or issue capital for (an enterprise) in excess of profitable investment opportunities |
| — | OVERGENERALIZE | DS | OVERGENERALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to draw an overly general conclusion from (something) / [x] { overgeneralise overgeneralised overgeneralises overgeneralize overgeneralized overgeneralizes } |
| — | PROLETARIANIZE | DS | PROLETARIANISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to move from being an employer to becoming a wage-earner~ or employee; to make working-class~ / [x] { proletarianise proletarianised proletarianises proletarianize proletarianized proletarianizes } |
| — | SENSATIONALIZE | DS | SENSATIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause (events, esp~ in newspaper reports) to seem more vivid, shocking, etc~, than they really are / [x] { sensationalise sensationalised sensationalises sensationalize sensationalized sensationalizes § sensationalised sensationalized } |
| — | SENTIMENTALIZE | DS | SENTIMENTALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject / [x] { sentimentalise sentimentalised sentimentalises sentimentalize sentimentalized sentimentalizes } |
| — | UNDEREMPHASIZE | DS | UNDEREMPHASISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to emphasize insufficiently / [x] { underemphasise underemphasised underemphasises underemphasize underemphasized underemphasizes § underemphasized } |
| — | CONVENTIONALIZE | — | CONVENTIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t / [x] { conventionalise conventionalize } |
| — | DEINDUSTRIALIZE | — | DEINDUSTRIALISE | [v.] · to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area) / [x] { deindustrialise deindustrialize } |
| — | DEPARTMENTALIZE | — | DEPARTMENTALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to organize into departments, esp~ excessively / [x] { departmentalise departmentalize } |
| — | INTELLECTUALIZE | — | INTELLECTUALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize / [x] { intellectualise intellectualize } |
| — | PHOTOSYNTHESIZE | — | PHOTOSYNTHESISE | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · (of plants and some bacteria) to carry out photosynthesis / [x] { photosynthesise photosynthesize } |
| — | PROFESSIONALIZE | — | PROFESSIONALISE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to impose a professional structure or status on (something) / [x] { professionalise professionalize } |
| — | SUPERNATURALIZE | — | SUPERNATURALISE | † [v.] to make supernatural / [x] { supernaturalise supernaturalize } |
| — | UNDERCAPITALIZE | — | UNDERCAPITALISE | † [v.] to supply with insufficient capital |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MISE | RS | [n. -S] · an agreement or settlement |
| AFP | RISE | NRS | [v. ROSE°, RISEN, RISING°, RISES] · to move upward |
| — | VISE | DS | [v. VISED, VISING, VISES] · to hold in a vise / ----- [v. VISEED, VISEING, VISES] · to visa / [x] { vice visa vise § vices visas vises § vice viced vices vicing visa visaed visaing visas vise vised viseed viseing vises vising § viced visaed } |
| — | WISE | DRS | [a. WISER, WISEST] · having wisdom / ----- [v. WISED, WISING, WISES] · to become aware or informed |
| — | ANISE | S | [n. -S] · a North African~ plant |
| — | ARISE | NS | [v. AROSE, ARISEN, ARISING, ARISES] · to get up |
| — | FRISE | ES | [n. -S] · frieze / [x] { freeze frieze frise § friezes frises § friezes } |
| — | GUISE | DS | [v. GUISED, GUISING, GUISES] · to disguise |
| — | HOISE | DS | [v. HOISED, HOISING, HOISES] · to hoist / [x] { hoists § hoise hoised hoises hoising hoist hoisted hoisting hoists } |
| — | NOISE | DS | [v. NOISED, NOISING, NOISES] · to spread as a rumor or report |
| — | PAISE | — | < PAISA, [n. PAISE or PAISAS] · a coin of Pakistan~ |
| S | PEISE | DS | [v. PEISED, PEISING, PEISES] · to weigh |
| — | POISE | DRS | [v. POISED, POISING, POISES] · to hold in a state of equilibrium |
| BFP | RAISE | DRS | [v. RAISED, RAISING°, RAISES] · to move to a higher position - RAISABLE [a.] / [x] { raise § raises § raise raised raises raising § raisable raiseable raised } |
| — | ADVISE | DERS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · to give advice to |
| — | BETISE | S | [n. -S] · stupidity |
| — | BRUISE | DRS | [v. BRUISED, BRUISING°, BRUISES] · to injure without breaking the surface of the skin |
| — | CAMISE | S | [n. -S] · a loose shirt or gown / [x] { camisa camise camisia chemise § camisas camises camisias chemises } |
| — | CERISE | S | [n. -S] · a red color |
| — | CHAISE | S | [n. -S] · a light carriage |
| — | CRUISE | DRSY | [v. CRUISED, CRUISING°, CRUISES] · to sail about touching at several ports |
| — | DEMISE | DS | [v. -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] · to bequeath |
| — | DEVISE | DERS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · to form in the mind |
| — | EXCISE | DS | [v. -CISED, -CISING, -CISES] · to remove by cutting out / [x] { excises § excide excided excides exciding excise excised excises excising } |
| — | FRAISE | S | [n. -S] · a barrier of pointed stakes |
| — | INCISE | DS | [v. -CISED, -CISING, -CISES] · to cut into |
| — | LIAISE | DS | [v. LIAISED, LIAISING, LIAISES] · to establish liaison |
| — | NOWISE | — | [b.] · not at all / [x] { noway noways nowise } |
| — | PAVISE | RS | [n. -S] · pavis «a large medieval shield» / [x] { pavis pavise pavisse § pavises pavisses } |
| U | PRAISE | DRS | [v. PRAISED, PRAISING, PRAISES] · to express approval or admiration of |
| P | REMISE | DS | [v. -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] · to give up a claim to |
| — | RERISE | NS | [v. -ROSE, -RISEN, -RISING, -RISES] · to rise again + |
| P | REVISE | DRS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · to make a new or improved version of |
| — | SPEISE | S | [n. -S] · speiss «a metallic mixture obtained in smelting certain ores» / [x] { speise speiss § speises speisses } |
| S | UNWISE | R | [a. -WISER, -WISEST] · not wise + |
| — | UPRISE | NRS | [v. -ROSE, -RISEN, -RISING°, -RISES] · to rise up |
| — | VALISE | S | [n. -S] · a small piece of hand luggage |
| — | ABSCISE | DS | [v. -SCISED, -SCISING, -SCISES] · to cut off |
| P | AIRWISE | — | [a.] · skillful in aviation |
| — | ANYWISE | — | [b.] · in any way / [x] { anyway anyways anywise } |
| — | BITWISE | — | [a.] · denoting an operator in a computer program that deals with bits |
| — | CHAMISE | S | [n. -S] · chamiso «a flowering shrub» / [x] { chamisa chamise chamiso § chamisas chamises chamisos } |
| — | CHEMISE | S | [n. -S] · a loose dress / [x] { camisa camise camisia chemise § camisas camises camisias chemises } |
| — | CONCISE | R | [a. -CISER, -CISEST] · succinct |
| — | DESPISE | DRS | [v. -SPISED, -SPISING, -SPISES] · to loathe |
| B | ENDWISE | — | [b.] · lengthwise / [x] { endways endwise } |
| — | FANWISE | — | [a.] · spread out like an open fan |
| — | GENOISE | S | [n. -S] · a rich spongecake~ |
| — | MALAISE | S | [n. -S] · a feeling of vague discomfort |
| — | MANWISE | — | [b.] · in a manner characteristic of man |
| A | MORTISE | DRS | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · to join or fasten securely / [x] { mortice mortise § mortices mortises § mortice morticed mortices morticing mortise mortised mortises mortising § mortised } |
| — | NICOISE | — | [a.] · served with black olives, tomatoes, olive oil, and often anchovies |
| — | PARVISE | S | [n. -S] · parvis «an enclosed area in front of a church» / [x] { parvis parvise § parvises } |
| — | PRECISE | DRS | [a. -CISER, -CISEST] sharply and clearly defined or stated / [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] to make a concise summary of |
| — | PREMISE | DS | [v. -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] · to state in advance / [x] { premise premiss § premises premisses § premise premised premises premising premiss premisses § premised } |
| — | PREVISE | DS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · to foresee / [x] { previsions § previse prevised previses prevising prevision previsioned previsioning previsions } |
| — | PROMISE | DERS | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · to make a declaration of assurance |
| — | REPRISE | DS | [v. -PRISED, -PRISING, -PRISES] · to take back by force |
| — | RERAISE | DS | [v. -RAISED, -RAISING, -RAISES] · to raise again + |
| — | SOUBISE | S | [n. -S] · a sauce of onions and butter |
| — | SUNRISE | S | [n. -S] · the ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning / [x] { sunrise sunup § sunrises sunups § sunrises } |
| — | SUNWISE | — | [b.] · from left to right |
| — | SURMISE | DRS | [v. -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] · to infer with little evidence |
| — | TAXWISE | — | [a.] · pertaining to taxes |
| — | UPRAISE | DRS | [v. -RAISED, -RAISING, -RAISES] · to raise up / [x] { upraise upraised upraises upraising uprear upreared uprearing uprears § upraised } |
| — | APPRAISE | DERS | [v. -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES] · to set a value on / [x] { appraise appraised appraises appraising apprize apprized apprizes apprizing } |
| — | BENDWISE | — | [b.] · diagonally / [x] { bendways bendwise } |
| — | CHASTISE | DRS | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · to discipline by punishment / [x] { chasten chastened chastening chastens chastise chastised chastises chastising § chastened chastised } |
| — | CRABWISE | — | [b.] · sideways |
| — | DEBRUISE | DS | [v. -BRUISED, -BRUISING, -BRUISES] · to cross a coat of arms |
| — | DISGUISE | DRS | [v. -GUISED, -GUISING, -GUISES] · to alter the appearance of |
| — | EDGEWISE | — | [b.] · sideways / [x] { edgeways edgewise § edgeways edgewise } |
| — | EGLOMISE | — | [a.] · made of glass with a painted picture on the back |
| — | EXERCISE | DRS | [v. -CISED, -CISING, -CISES] · to make use of |
| — | FESSWISE | — | [b.] · horizontally |
| — | FLATWISE | — | [b.] · with the flat side in a particular position / [x] { flatways flatwise } |
| — | HIGHRISE | S | [n. -S] · a building with many stories |
| — | LIKEWISE | — | [b.] · in a similar manner |
| — | LONGWISE | — | [b.] · lengthwise / [x] { longways longwise } |
| — | MARQUISE | S | [n. -S] · the wife or widow of a marquis |
| — | MISPOISE | DS | [v. -POISED, -POISING, -POISES] · to poise incorrectly |
| — | MISRAISE | DS | [v. -RAISED, -RAISING, -RAISES] · to raise wrongly |
| — | MOONRISE | S | [n. -S] · the rising of the moon above the horizon |
| — | OUTRAISE | DS | [v. -RAISED, -RAISING, -RAISES] · to surpass in raising |
| — | OVERWISE | — | [a.] · too wise |
| — | PAIRWISE | — | [b.] · in sets of two |
| — | PALEWISE | — | [b.] · vertically / [x] { paleways palewise } |
| — | PARADISE | S | [n. -S] · a place of extreme beauty or delight |
| — | PORPOISE | DS | [v. -POISED, -POISING, -POISES] · to move forward with rising and falling motions (=porpoised porpoising) |
| — | PRACTISE | DRS | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · to practice / [x] { practice practise § practices practises § practice practiced practices practicing practise practised practises practising § practiced practicing practised practising } |
| — | SIDEWISE | — | [b.] · sideways / [x] { sideward sidewards sideway sideways sidewise } |
| — | SOMEWISE | — | [b.] · somehow / [x] { somehow someway someways somewise } |
| — | STEPWISE | — | [a.] · marked by a gradual progression |
| — | TELEVISE | DS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · to broadcast by television |
| — | TORTOISE | S | [n. -S] · any of an order of reptiles having the body enclosed in a bony shell |
| — | TRAVOISE | S | [n. -S] · travois «a type of sled» |
| — | TREATISE | S | [n. -S] · a formal and systematic written account of a subject |
| — | WARPWISE | — | [b.] · in a vertical direction |
| — | WEFTWISE | — | [b.] · in a horizontal direction |
| — | ANTINOISE | — | [a.] · sound generated so that it is out of phase with a noise, such as that made by an engine, in order to reduce the noise level by interference |
| — | CLOCKWISE | — | [b.] · in the direction that the hands of a clock rotate; from top to bottom towards the right when seen from the front |
| — | COASTWISE | — | [a.] along the coast |
| — | CROSSWISE | — | [b.] · © in the form of a cross; across; transversely |
| — | DACQUOISE | S | [n. -S] · a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream |
| — | DISPRAISE | DRS | [v. -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES] · © to withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame |
| — | EARTHRISE | S | [n. -S] · the apparent rising of the earth above the lunar horizon, as seen from a satellite or similar spacecraft emerging from the far side of the moon |
| — | EQUIPOISE | DS | [v. -POISED, -POISING, -POISES] · even balance of weight or other forces; equilibrium |
| — | FRAMBOISE | S | [n. -S] · a brandy distilled from raspberries in the Alsace-Lorraine~ region |
| — | FRANCHISE | DERS | [v. -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES] · © to make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to |
| — | FUNDRAISE | DRS | [v. -RAISED, -RAISING, -RAISES] · to raise money for a cause |
| — | IMPRECISE | — | [a.] · not precise; inexact or inaccurate |
| — | IMPROVISE | DRS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · © to compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously~, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously~ |
| — | LEASTWISE | — | [b.] · © at least; at all events / [x] { leastways leastwise } |
| — | LYONNAISE | — | [a.] · © applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley |
| — | MISADVISE | DS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · © to give bad counsel to |
| — | OTHERWISE | — | [o.] · or else; if not, then |
| — | PENNYWISE | — | [a.] · derivative of penny-wise~ |
| — | PIECEWISE | — | [b.] · (mathematics) with respect to a number of discrete pieces |
| — | POLONAISE | S | [n. -S] · © the Polish language |
| — | SLANTWISE | — | [b.] · © alt. of Slantly / [x] { slantier slantiest slanty § slantly slantways slantwise } |
| — | SUPERVISE | DS | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · © to oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book |
| — | TURQUOISE | S | [n. -S] · © alt. of Turquois / [x] { turkois turquois turquoise § turkoises turquoises } |
| — | UNMORTISE | DS | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · (carpentry) to separate (a mortise and tenon) |
| — | WIDTHWISE | — | [b.] · in the direction of the width; from side to side / [x] { widthway widthways widthwise § widthway widthways widthwise } |
| — | BOURGEOISE | S | [n. -S] · derivative of bourgeois |
| — | CIRCUMCISE | DRS | [v. -CISED, -CISING, -CISES] · © to cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females |
| — | COMPROMISE | DRS | [v. -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] · © to agree; to accord |
| — | CORNERWISE | — | [b.] · © with the corner in front; diagonally; not square |
| — | ENTERPRISE | RS | [n.] a company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor / [x] { emprise emprize enterprise § emprises emprizes enterprises § emprise emprises emprize enterprise enterprises enterprising } |
| — | IMPARADISE | DS | [v. -DISED, -DISING, -DISES] · © to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy |
| — | LENGTHWISE | — | [b.] · © in the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction / [x] { lengthways lengthwise § lengthways lengthwise } |
| — | MAYONNAISE | S | [n.] a dressing made from vegetable oil |
| — | OUTPROMISE | DS | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · to promise more than |
| — | OVERPRAISE | DS | [v. -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES] · © to praise excessively or unduly |
| — | PROFITWISE | — | [b.] · from the point of view of profit |
| — | REAPPRAISE | DS | [v. -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES] · to appraise again + |
| — | STREETWISE | — | [a.] · attuned to and adept at surviving in an urban, poor and often criminal environment Also: street-smart~, street smart |
| — | THWARTWISE | — | [b.] · thwartways~ |
| — | AFFRANCHISE | DS | † [v.] to free from obligation, servitude or service |
| — | BREADTHWISE | — | [b.] · derivative of breadthways «from side to side» |
| — | ENFRANCHISE | DS | [v. -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES] · © to set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power |
| — | HOLLANDAISE | S | [n. -S] · hollandaise sauce |
| — | OVERPRECISE | — | [a.] · excessively precise |
| — | OVERPROMISE | DS | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · to promise more than can be delivered |
| — | VICHYSSOISE | S | [n. -S] · a soup made of pureed leeks or onions and potatoes, cream, and chicken stock and usually served cold |
| — | CONTRARIWISE | — | [b.] · © on the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand |
| — | COUNTERPOISE | DS | [v. -POISED, -POISING, -POISES] · © to act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance |
| — | DISFRANCHISE | DS | [v. -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES] · © to deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc~. |
| — | OVEREXERCISE | DS | [v. -CISED, -CISING, -CISES] · to exercise excessively |
| — | POSTEXERCISE | — | [a.] · occurring after exercise |
| — | ULTRAPRECISE | — | [a.] · extremely accurate |
| — | ANTICLOCKWISE | — | [a.] · in the opposite direction to the rotation of the hands of a clock US equivalent: counterclockwise~ |
| — | OVERADVERTISE | DS | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · derivative of over-advertise~ «to advertise too much» |
| — | DISENFRANCHISE | DS | [v. -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES] · © to disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen |
| — | MICROENTERPRISE | — | [n. -S] a very small business with five or fewer employees |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | SIZE | DRS | [v. SIZED, SIZING°, SIZES] · to arrange according to size / [x] { saice sice size syce § saices sices syces § sices } |
| — | BAIZE | S | [n. -S] · a green, woolen fabric |
| — | MAIZE | S | [n. -S] · an American~ cereal grass |
| — | AGNIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to acknowledge |
| — | ASSIZE | S | [n. -S] · a session of a legislative or judicial body |
| — | RESIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to size again + |
| — | UPSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to increase in size |
| — | AGATIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to resemble agate |
| — | AGENIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to treat with agene |
| — | ARABIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to acquire Arabic customs |
| — | BROMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to treat with bromine or a bromide |
| — | CAPSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to overturn |
| — | CYCLIZE | DS | [v. -CLIZED, -CLIZING, -CLIZES] · to form one or more rings in a chemical compound |
| — | EGOTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to talk and think about oneself excessively |
| — | EROTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to give a sexual meaning to / [x] { eroticise eroticised eroticises eroticising eroticize eroticized eroticizes eroticizing erotize erotized erotizes erotizing § eroticized } |
| — | GRECIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to provide with a Greek style / [x] { graecize graecized graecizes graecizing grecize grecized grecizes grecizing } |
| — | HEROIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make heroic |
| — | MIDSIZE | D | [a.] · of intermediate size / [x] { midsize midsized } |
| — | ODORIZE | DRS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make odorous |
| — | OUTSIZE | DS | [n. -S] · an unusual size - OUTSIZED [a.] |
| — | PECTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to change into a jelly |
| — | PEPTIZE | DRS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to increase the colloidal dispersion of |
| — | RESEIZE | DS | [v. -SEIZED, -SEIZING, -SEIZES] · to seize again + |
| — | UNISIZE | — | [a.] · made to fit all sizes |
| — | UNITIZE | DRS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to divide into units |
| — | ACTIVIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to activate / [x] { activate activated activates activating activize activized activizes activizing § activated } |
| — | ARBORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form many branches |
| — | ATTICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to use atticisms |
| — | AVIANIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make less severe by repeated culture in a chick embryo, as a virus |
| — | BANALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make banal |
| — | CALORIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to coat steel with aluminum |
| — | CHROMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to chrome / [x] { chromes § chrome chromed chromes chroming chromize chromized chromizes chromizing } |
| — | CURARIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to poison with curare |
| — | DIMERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form a dimer |
| — | DISPRIZE | DS | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to disdain |
| — | DOWNSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING°, -SIZES] · to produce in a smaller size |
| — | DUMBSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to reduce the workforce so low that work cannot be done effectively |
| — | ETHICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to make ethical |
| — | FIBERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to break into fibers |
| — | GRAECIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to grecize «to provide with a Greek style» / [x] { graecize graecized graecizes graecizing grecize grecized grecizes grecizing } |
| — | HEBRAIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make Hebrew~ |
| — | HEPATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to convert tissue into a firm mass |
| — | HOMINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to alter the environment to conform with evolving man |
| — | JAPANIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make Japanese~ |
| — | JAROVIZE | DS | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] · to hasten the flowering of a plant |
| — | LATERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert to laterite |
| P | LATINIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to translate into Latin~ |
| — | MADERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to turn brown -- used of white wine |
| — | MELANIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to make dark |
| — | MISPRIZE | DRS | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to despise |
| — | OVERSIZE | DS | [n. -S] · an unusually large size / [x] { oversizes § oversize oversized oversizes § oversize oversized } |
| — | PATINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to patinate «to give a patina to» / [x] { patines § patinate patinated patinates patinating patine patined patines patining patinize patinized patinizes patinizing § patinated } |
| — | PINTSIZE | D | [a.] · small / [x] { pintsize pintsized } |
| — | POLEMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to engage in polemics |
| — | PYROLIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to pyrolyze «to affect compounds by the application of heat» / [x] { pyrolize pyrolized pyrolizes pyrolizing pyrolyse pyrolysed pyrolyses pyrolysing pyrolyze pyrolyzed pyrolyzes pyrolyzing } |
| — | RACEMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to convert into a racemic compound |
| — | SALINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to treat with salt |
| — | SIMONIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to polish with wax |
| — | SINICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to modify by Chinese~ influence |
| — | SOBERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to sober / [x] { sober sobered sobering soberize soberized soberizes soberizing sobers § soberer soberest sobering } |
| — | VELARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to pronounce with the back of the tongue touching the soft palate |
| — | VOWELIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to provide with symbols used to indicate vowels |
| — | ANNUALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to convert (a rate of interest) to an annual rate when it is quoted for a period of less than a year |
| — | ARABICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to make or become Arab~ |
| — | AROMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume |
| — | BACTERIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to subject to bacterial action |
| — | CARBOLIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid |
| — | CLIMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to acclimate or become acclimated |
| — | CLITICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · to pronounce as part of a following or preceding word |
| — | COCAINIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to anaesthetize with cocaine |
| — | DEAMINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · derivative of deaminate «to remove one or more amino groups from (a molecule)» / [x] { deaminate deaminated deaminates deaminating deaminize deaminized deaminizes deaminizing § deaminated } |
| — | DEOXIDIZE | DRS | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · © to deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide |
| — | DIAZOTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution |
| — | DOLLARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (economics) to replace a country's currency with the US dollar |
| — | EMBLEMIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to represent by an emblem; to emblematize |
| — | EPOXIDIZE | DS | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · (chemistry) to convert into an epoxide |
| — | EUPHONIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to make euphonic |
| — | EUTHANIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to kill (a person or animal) painlessly, esp~ to relieve suffering from an incurable illness |
| — | EXOTICIZE | DS | [v. -ZES, -ZED, -ZING] · to make exotic |
| — | FEUDALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to reduce toa~ feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism |
| — | FORMULIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to reduce to a formula; to formulate |
| — | GALLICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to conform to the French mode or idiom |
| — | GENDERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make distinctions in (a group) according to gender |
| — | GEOLOGIZE | DS | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist |
| — | GERMANIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society |
| — | GORGONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify |
| — | GOTHICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism |
| — | HELLENIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize |
| — | HEROICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] to make or depict as heroic |
| — | LABIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to modify by contraction of the lip opening |
| — | LEGENDIZE | DS | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to make into a legend |
| — | LEMMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · (linguistics) to group together the inflected forms of (a word) for analysis as a single item |
| — | LUTEINIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to develop into a corpus luteum |
| — | MARBELIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] alternative form of marbleize «to stain or grain in imitation of marble» / [x] { marbles § marbelize marbelized marbelizes marbelizing marble marbled marbleise marbleised marbleises marbleising marbleize marbleized marbleizes marbleizing marbles marbling § marbled } |
| — | MARTYRIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make a martyr of |
| — | MATRONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make a matron of; to make matronlike~ |
| — | MEDIATIZE | DS | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to annex a state while preserving its ruler's title |
| — | METRICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · (obsolete) to study the metre of / [x] { metricate metricated metricates metricating metricize metricized metricizes metricizing } |
| — | MICRONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to reduce (a material) to a very fine powder, esp~ to particles only a few microns in diameter |
| — | MIRANDIZE | DS | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · (law, US) to inform (an arrested person) of his or her legal rights |
| — | MULTISIZE | — | [a.] · having more than one size |
| — | MUTUALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or become mutual |
| — | OVERPRIZE | DS | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · © toprize~ excessively; to overvalue |
| — | OXYGENIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to oxidize / [x] { oxygenate oxygenated oxygenates oxygenating oxygenize oxygenized oxygenizes oxygenizing § oxygenated } |
| — | PEPTONIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food |
| — | PICTURIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to picture |
| — | POLLINIZE | DRS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] alternative form of pollenize~. / [x] { pollenate pollenated pollenates pollenating pollinate pollinated pollinates pollinating pollinize pollinized pollinizes pollinizing § pollinating } |
| — | POSTERIZE | DS | † [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to reduce the number of colors in an image |
| — | PROLOGIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to deliver a Prologue / [x] { prologize prologized prologizes prologizing prologuize prologuized prologuizes prologuizing } |
| — | REBAPTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to baptize again + |
| — | REOXIDIZE | DS | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · to oxidize again + |
| — | REUTILIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to utilize again + |
| — | RHOTACIZE | DS | † [v.] to pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism) |
| — | RHYTHMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to make rhythmic, to add rhythm to something |
| — | RIGHTSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to restructure (an organization) to cut costs and improve effectiveness without ruthlessly downsizing |
| — | RUGGEDIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make durable, as for military use |
| — | SCIENTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to treat scientifically, to apply science to something |
| — | SEQUELIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to create a sequel to (something, for example a film or a book) |
| — | SONNETIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to compose sonnets |
| — | SOVIETIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to bring (a country, person, etc~) under Soviet control or influence |
| — | SULFURIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · the US preferred spelling of sulphurize / [x] { sulfuring § sulfurets sulfurs sulphurs § sulfur sulfured sulfuret sulfureted sulfureting sulfurets sulfuretted sulfuretting sulfuring sulfurize sulfurized sulfurizes sulfurizing sulfurs sulphur sulphured sulphuring sulphurise sulphurised sulphurises sulphurising sulphurize sulphurized sulphurizes sulphurizing sulphurs § sulfured sulfuretted sulfurized } |
| — | SUPERSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] to increase the size of something, especially to unusual proportions |
| — | SYSTEMIZE | DRS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to reduce to system; to systematize |
| — | TELLURIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores |
| — | TEUTONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or become German or Germanic; Germanize |
| — | UNDERSIZE | D | [a.] · smaller than normal / [x] { undersize undersized } |
| — | VERNALIZE | DS | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to hasten flowering by exposing to low temperature |
| — | VOLCANIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action |
| — | WEAPONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to adapt (a chemical, bacillus, etc~) in such a way that it can be used as a weapon |
| — | ABSOLUTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · (formal) to make absolute |
| — | AEROBICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · (of a person) to perform aerobics |
| — | AEROSOLIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to disperse as, or convert into, an aerosol |
| — | ALKALINIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make alkaline / [x] { alkalified alkalifies alkalify alkalifying alkalinize alkalinized alkalinizes alkalinizing alkalise alkalised alkalises alkalising alkalize alkalized alkalizes alkalizing } |
| — | AUDIBILIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to make (something) audible |
| — | AUTOTOMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to cause (a part of the body) to undergo autotomy |
| — | AXIOMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to reduce to a system of basic truths or axioms |
| — | BESTIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize |
| — | BIPOLARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make bipolar |
| — | BITUMINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen |
| — | BOLSHEVIZE | DS | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] · to bring into line with Communist ideology |
| — | CATABOLIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to subject to catabolism |
| — | CHAPTALIZE | DS | [v.] to add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine |
| — | CINEMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to adapt (a novel or play) for cinema |
| — | CRYSTALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · derivative of crystallize / [x] { crystalize crystalized crystalizes crystalizing crystallise crystallised crystallises crystallising crystallize crystallized crystallizes crystallizing § crystallized } |
| — | DEFEMINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to divest (a person) of feminine qualities |
| — | DEFINITIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make (something) definitive, specific, or clear |
| — | DERIVATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to alter (a chemical compound) via a chemical reaction, so that it becomes a derivative |
| — | DESALINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · derivative of desalinate «to remove the salt from (esp~ from sea water) Also: desalt» / [x] { desalinate desalinated desalinates desalinating desalinize desalinized desalinizes desalinizing desalt desalted desalting desalts } |
| — | DEVOCALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality |
| — | DOLOMITIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to turn into dolomite |
| — | EPITHELIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · epithelialize «to cover or be covered with epithelial tissue Also: epithelize, epithelise, (??p?'?i?la?z)» / [x] { epithelialize epithelialized epithelializes epithelializing epithelize epithelized epithelizes epithelizing § epithelizing } |
| — | FANATICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to cause to become a fanatic |
| — | FICTIONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to fictionalize |
| — | GRECIANIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech |
| — | HEATHENIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render heathen or heathenish |
| — | IDEOLOGIZE | DS | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to render ideological |
| — | ILLEGALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make or declare illegal or unlawful |
| — | JOURNALIZE | DRS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to enter or record in a journal or diary |
| — | LATERALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (medicine, rare) to cause something to be located on or moved to one side |
| — | LEXICALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (linguistics) to form (a word or lexeme) or (of a word or lexeme) to be formed from constituent morphemes, words, or lexemes, as to form cannot from can and not |
| — | POLYGAMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to practice polygamy; to marry several wives |
| — | PROLOGUIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · a variant spelling of prologize / [x] { prologize prologized prologizes prologizing prologuize prologuized prologuizes prologuizing } |
| — | PROPHESIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to prophesy |
| — | RECANALIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to canalize again + |
| — | REENERGIZE | DS | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to energize again + |
| — | REHUMANIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to humanize again + |
| — | RELATIVIZE | DS | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] · to make or become relative |
| — | REMOBILIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to mobilize again + |
| — | REMONETIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to monetize again + |
| — | REPOLARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to polarize again + |
| — | RETHEORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to theorize again or anew |
| — | REVALORIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to valorize again + |
| — | SYNONYMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to |
| — | TEXTUALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to make textual |
| — | THERMALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (physics) to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons |
| — | TRICHINIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork |
| — | VILLAINIZE | DS | [v.] to represent as a villain |
| — | VIRTUALIZE | DS | [v.] to run a program in virtual storage |
| — | WEATHERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (a building) weatherproof |
| — | ACHROMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to deprive of color; to make achromatic |
| — | APOTHEOSIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · © to exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify / [x] { apotheosize apotheosized apotheosizes apotheosizing } |
| — | CATHOLICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic / [x] { catholicize catholicized catholicizes catholicizing } |
| — | COMMODITIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · another term for commodify / [x] { commoditize commoditized commoditizes commoditizing § commoditized } |
| — | COMMUNALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to render (something) the property of a commune or community |
| — | DECARBURIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from |
| — | DECOLOURIZE | DS | † [v.] to drain of colour, to remove the colour from / [x] { decolorise decolorised decolorises decolorising decolorize decolorized decolorizes decolorizing decolourize decolourized decolourizes decolourizing } |
| — | DEFORMALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (something) less formal |
| — | DEGENDERIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to remove gender from |
| — | DEGLAMORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (a person or thing) less glamorous |
| — | DELABIALIZE | DS | † [v.] to make into a non-labial~ sound |
| — | DEMUTUALIZE | DS | † [v.] to change from mutual ownership to ownership via stocks or shares |
| — | DESACRALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (theology) to render less sacred; to secularize |
| — | DIAGONALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (mathematics) (in linear algebra) to convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix |
| — | DICHOTOMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · © to cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect |
| A | ESTHETICIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] alternative spelling of aestheticize «make aesthetic» / [x] { aestheticize aestheticized aestheticizes aestheticizing estheticize estheticized estheticizes estheticizing } |
| — | ETHEREALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether |
| — | EUTHANATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · a variant form of euthanize |
| — | FORMULARIZE | DRS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · © to reduce to a forula~; to formulate |
| — | FRAGMENTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to break into pieces / [x] { fragmenting § fragments § fragment fragmentate fragmentated fragmentates fragmentating fragmented fragmenting fragmentize fragmentized fragmentizes fragmentizing fragments § fragmented } |
| — | HISTORICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · © to record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle |
| — | HYPERBOLIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © to speak or write with exaggeration |
| — | HYPOSTATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance / [x] { hypostasize hypostasized hypostasizes hypostasizing hypostatize hypostatized hypostatizes hypostatizing } |
| — | IMPERIALIZE | DS | † [v.] to invest with imperial authority, character, or style |
| — | MATHEMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · (intransitive) to reason in a mathematical manner |
| — | METATHESIZE | DS | † [v.] to undergo or to subject to metathesis |
| — | ORIENTALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions |
| — | OUTORGANIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to overcome by organization |
| — | OVERUTILIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to use unsustainably |
| — | PARFOCALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (optics) to make parfocal |
| — | PHONEMICIZE | DS | † [v.] to represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes |
| — | PHOSPHATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to treat with a phosphate or phosphates, as by applying a fertilizer |
| — | PHOTOIONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (physics) to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization |
| — | PHYSICALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to express using movements of the body |
| — | PRENASALIZE | DS | † [v.] to convert to, or render as, a prenasal~. |
| P | REAUTHORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to authorize again + |
| — | REEMPHASIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to emphasize again + |
| — | REHARMONIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to harmonize again, or in a new way |
| — | REHYPNOTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to hypnotize again + |
| — | REPRIVATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to privatize again + |
| — | RESENSITIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to sensitize again + |
| — | RESOCIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to socialize again + |
| — | RESTABILIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to stabilize again + |
| — | RETEXTURIZE | DS | [v.] to texturize again |
| — | REVICTIMIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to victimize again or anew |
| — | REVISUALIZE | DS | [v.] to visualize again or anew |
| — | SCHISMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church |
| — | SUBOPTIMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to use in a way that is less than optimal |
| — | SUBVOCALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization |
| — | TEMPORALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to bind (something) in time |
| — | TROPICALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to adapt to tropical use, temperatures, etc~. |
| — | ADVERBIALIZE | DS | † [v.] to use as or change into an adverb |
| — | AESTHETICIZE | DS | [v. -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES] · make aesthetic / [x] { aestheticize aestheticized aestheticizes aestheticizing estheticize estheticized estheticizes estheticizing } |
| — | CONSERVATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make or become conservative |
| — | CONTEMPORIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to be or make contemporary; synchronize |
| — | DESTIGMATIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization~ |
| — | DISHARMONIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to (cause to) be lacking in harmony |
| — | INSOLUBILIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to cause to become insoluble |
| — | LEGITIMATIZE | DS | [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to make lawful or valid / [x] { legitimates § legitimate legitimated legitimates legitimating legitimatize legitimatized legitimatizes legitimatizing legitimise legitimised legitimises legitimising legitimize legitimized legitimizes legitimizing } |
| — | MISEMPHASIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to emphasize incorrectly |
| — | MUNICIPALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to bring under municipal ownership or control |
| — | OVERIDEALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to idealize excessively |
| — | OVERORGANIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to organize excessively |
| — | PHOTOOXIDIZE | DS | [v. -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES] · (chemistry, physics) to undergo or cause to undergo photooxidation |
| — | PICTORIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to show or illustrate by using pictures |
| — | POLITICALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make (something) political |
| — | PORCELAINIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make into porcelain or a substance resembling this |
| — | PREAUTHORIZE | DS | [v.] to authorize in advance |
| — | PRESTERILIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · to sterilize in advance |
| — | PROBLEMATIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to make something into a problem |
| — | RECATEGORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to categorize again, to put in a new or different category |
| — | RECENTRALIZE | DS | [v.] to centralize again or anew |
| — | REFLECTORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cause to become reflective |
| — | RELEGITIMIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to make legitimate again |
| — | REMILITARIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to militarize again + |
| — | REMINERALIZE | DS | † [v.] to restore the mineral content (after demineralization~) |
| — | REPOPULARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to popularize again + |
| — | REPRESSURIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to pressurize again + |
| — | RESYNTHESIZE | DS | [v. -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES] · to synthesize again + |
| — | SECTARIANIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect |
| — | TECHNICALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make technical |
| — | TECHNOLOGIZE | DS | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to make technological |
| — | THYMECTOMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · (surgery) to surgically remove the thymus; to perform a thymectomy |
| — | UNDERUTILIZE | DS | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · (formal) another word for underuse / [x] { underutilised underutilize underutilized underutilizes underutilizing § underutilised underutilized } |
| — | DEFAMILIARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to make unfamiliar / [x] { defamiliarize defamiliarized defamiliarizes defamiliarizing } |
| — | EPIGRAMMATIZE | DRS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · © to represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams |
| — | EPITHELIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to cover or be covered with epithelial tissue Also: epithelize, epithelise~, (??p?'?i?la?z) / [x] { epithelialize epithelialized epithelializes epithelializing epithelize epithelized epithelizes epithelizing § epithelizing } |
| — | HYPERIMMUNIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · (medicine) to render highly immunized |
| — | HYPERPOLARIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (biology, physics) to cause increased polarization |
| — | HYPOSENSITIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to desensitize; render less sensitive |
| — | IMMATERIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to render immaterial or incorporeal |
| — | IMPERSONALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make impersonal, esp~ to rid of such human characteristics as sympathy, warmth, etc~; dehumanize |
| — | NEPHRECTOMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to perform a nephrectomy upon (a patient) |
| — | OCCIDENTALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or become Occidental |
| — | ORTHOGONALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to render orthogonal |
| — | OVERDRAMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make too dramatic |
| — | OVERFERTILIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to apply too much fertilizer to |
| — | OVERGLAMORIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to glamorize excessively |
| — | REACCLIMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to acclimatize again + |
| — | REHOSPITALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to hospitalize again + |
| — | REMATERIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to materialize again + |
| — | REMYTHOLOGIZE | DS | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · to mythologize again + |
| — | RENATIONALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to nationalize again + |
| — | REPUBLICANIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France~ was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation |
| — | RESYSTEMATIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to systematize again + |
| — | SPLENECTOMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · to remove the spleen from |
| — | STRUCTURALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to give structure to something |
| — | SUBCATEGORIZE | DS | [v. -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES] · to split into subcategories |
| — | SUBSPECIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism |
| — | SUBSTANTIVIZE | DS | [v. -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] · © to convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective |
| — | THEATRICALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to adapt (something) for presentation in a theatre |
| — | VERNACULARIZE | DS | [v.] to make vernacular |
| — | VOCATIONALIZE | DS | † [v.] to make vocational |
| — | DESPIRITUALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (theology) to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material |
| — | MONOPHTHONGIZE | DS | [v.] to change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel) |
| — | OVERCENTRALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · (intransitive) to centralize excessively |
| — | OVERGLAMOURIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to glamorize excessively |
| — | OVERHOMOGENIZE | DS | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to homogenize excessively |
| — | OVERSPECIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to specialize to an excessive degree |
| — | PHOTOSENSITIZE | DRS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make (an organism or substance) photosensitive |
| — | PINEALECTOMIZE | DS | [v. -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES] · (surgery) to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal) |
| — | RESPIRITUALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to spiritualize again + |
| — | TERRITORIALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to enlarge by extension of territory |
| — | TRADITIONALIZE | DS | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or become traditional |
| — | TRANSPARENTIZE | DS | [v. -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES] · to make transparent |
| — | COSMOPOLITANIZE | — | † [v.] to make cosmopolitan |
| — | DECONTEXTUALIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] to divest of context / [x] { decontextualize } |
| — | GOVERNMENTALIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to bring under governmental, or national, control |
| — | MISCHARACTERIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to |
| — | RECONCEPTUALIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to conceptualize again + |
| — | RECONTEXTUALIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to contextualize again + / [x] { retcons § recontextualize retcon retconned retconning retcons } |
| — | REINDUSTRIALIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to industrialize again + |
| — | TOTALITARIANIZE | — | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make or become totalitarian |
Copyright © 2026 Mitch Bayersdorfer · AGPL-3.0 · Thanks to Joe Petree for his definitions for these lists. · Detailed Attributions