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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abastardize. [(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize. [(transitive) To make abnormal.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize. [(transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of absolutize. [(transitive) To make absolute.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of academicize. [(transitive) To make academic; to turn or absorb into a formal academic subject.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of academize. [(transitive) To make academic.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of accessorize. [(transitive, intransitive) To furnish with accessories.]
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Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of accurize. [To improve the accuracy of (a gun).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of accustomize. [(rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of acetalize. [(organic chemistry) To convert (an aldehyde) into an acetal.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of acetize. [(rare) To acetify.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize. [(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of acidize. [To impregnate with acid; acidify.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of acronymize. [(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize. [(transitive) To make real; to realize.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adjectivize. [To convert a word into an adjective.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adnominalize. [(linguistics) To transform a word into an adnominal (adnoun) form.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalectomize. [(transitive) To subject to an adrenalectomy.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adulterize. [(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adverbialize. [(American spelling) To use as or change into an adverb.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of agentive nominalisation.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize. [(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agnize. [(transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize [(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agrarianize. [(transitive) To imbue with the principles of agrarianism.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agriculturalize. [(transitive) To make agricultural.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agriculturize. [(transitive) To convert (land) for agricultural use.]
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
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Britain standard spelling of alienize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize. [(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.]
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US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
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Britain standard spelling of Americanize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of androgenize. [To treat with large doses of male hormones.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of androgynize. [(transitive) To make androgynous.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of angelize. [(transitive) To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Anglicanize. [(transitive) To make Anglican.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of animalize. [To represent in the form of an animal.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of annalize. [(transitive) To record in annals.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of annualise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anodize. [to coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either as protection or decoration]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize. [(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize. [To compile, or include something in, an anthology.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropize. [(transitive) To transform or adapt the environment either to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize. [(transitive) To endow with human qualities.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antioxidize. [(medicine or informal) To subject to the action of antioxidants]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antipathize. [(intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antiquarianize. [(colloquial, dated, intransitive) To act the part of an antiquary.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antisepticize. [(transitive) To make antiseptic.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antisymmetrize. [(mathematics) To make antisymmetric.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antithesize. [To create antitheses.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of archaicize. [To archaize.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of archaize. [(transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.]
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British standard spelling of audialize.
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British standard spelling of audiolize: synonym of audialize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize. [(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of autumnize. [(transitive) To prepare (something) for autumn weather.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of azotize. [(obsolete, transitive) To impregnate with azote (nitrogen).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of banalize. [(transitive) To make banal or commonplace.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize. [To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of biographize. [(transitive) To write a biography of.]
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Rare spelling of Britishize. [(transitive, intransitive) To make or become British.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Calvinize. [To convert to Calvinism.]
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US and Non-Oxford British English spelling of canalise
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize. [(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carbonize. [To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carburize. [To treat or react with carbon]
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Britain standard spelling of catasterize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of catechize. [To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize. [(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize. [(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Christianize. [(transitive) To make Christian.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of circularize. [(intransitive) To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars.]
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of civilized
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of cognize. [To know, perceive, or become aware of.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonize. [(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer. [One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commercialize. [(transitive) to bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commonize. [To make similar or common.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of communize. [To make something the property of a community.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of complementize. [(transitive, grammar) To convert into a complement.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize. [(transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize. [To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize. [(transitive, rare) To streamline (an industrial operation) by means of conveyors.]
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(transitive) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Croatianize. [(transitive) Synonym of Croatize]
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(transitive) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Croatize. [(transitive) to make or become Croatian, or more Croatian]
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of crystallize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize. [(transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of customize. [To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of cyclize. [(chemistry, transitive, intransitive) To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decapitalize. [(transitive) To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase)]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decategorialize. [To undergo decategorialization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decimalize. [(transitive, intransitive): To convert to the decimal system.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decommunization. [The act, process, or result of decommunizing.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of degrammaticalize. [(transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of delexicalize. [To make delexical. (Compare desemanticize.)]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of delocalized. [(chemistry) Describing the π-electrons in a conjugated, aromatic or mesoionic compound that are not associated with any particular atom or bond]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize. [To remove troops from an area.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demineralize. [(transitive) To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilize. [To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demonize. [To turn into a demon.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demoralize. [To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of denaturalize. [(transitive) To revoke or deny the citizenship of.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize. [(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deresponsibilization. [The act or process, or an instance, of deresponsibilizing.]
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Britain standard spelling of desanitize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemanticization. [The loss or removal of all or part of the original semantic content (meaning) of a word or morpheme, sometimes (but not always) as part of grammaticalization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemantization. [Synonym of desemanticization]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemantize. [To remove semantic content from; to desemanticize.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of destandardize. [(transitive) To render nonstandard; to withdraw as a standard.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of destigmatize. [(transitive) To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization from someone or something of bad reputation.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desulfurize. [(American spelling, transitive) To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of diarize. [(transitive, intransitive) To record (events) in a diary.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of digitize. [(transitive, computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of disrealize. [(transitive) To strip of its reality.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of easternize. [(transitive) To make eastern in character.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of economize. [(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).]
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(rare, passive, of a name) To anglicize or Americanize; to alter in transcription, either intentionally to facilitate spelling or pronunciation by (American) English speakers, or by mistake due to unfamiliarity with or indifference to the language of origin.
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Britain standard spelling of emetize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of empathize. [(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person]
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Britain standard spelling of epiphanize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of equalizer. [One who makes equal; a balancer.]
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(nonstandard, non-native speakers' English, especially in India) Misconstruction of specialize. [(obsolete, intransitive) To go into specific details.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of etymologize. [(linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To find or provide the etymology for a word.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of euthanatize. [(transitive) To euthanize.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of euthanize. [(transitive) To carry out euthanasia on (a person or animal).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize. [(transitive, intransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of favorize. [To favor especially or unduly.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of feminize. [(transitive) To make (more) feminine.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fertilize. [To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.]
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(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of fetishize [(transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.]
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of fiberize
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of fibrize (alternative form of fiberize).
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fictionalize. [To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize. [(transitive) To make final or firm; to finish or complete.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of foreignize. [(transitive) To make foreign.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fractionize. [To separate into fractions]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fraternize. [(intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of gallicize. [(transitive) To make French as the culture, customs, pronunciation, or style.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize. [To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of grammaticize. [Synonym of grammaticalize (“to make grammatical”).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of grammaticize. [Synonym of grammaticalize (“to make grammatical”).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of grammatize. [Synonym of grammaticalize (“to make grammatical”).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of haplologize. [(intransitive) To undergo haplology.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of harmonize. [(intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of harmonizer. [Someone who harmonizes, or brings harmony.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Hellenize. [(intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Hellenizer. [(US) One who Hellenizes; a spreader of Greek culture or ideas.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of heroize. [(transitive) To make someone into a hero.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hospitalize. [To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of humanize. [(transitive) To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of humanizer. [One who humanizes.]
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of humorize
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of humorize
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Oxford British English spelling of humorize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridize. [To form a mixture of any kind.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hypothesize. [(transitive, intransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idolize. [To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of illegalize. [To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of incentivize. [(transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Indianize. [(transitive) To make Indian.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of individualize. [To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialize. [(of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of infantilize. [(transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of initialize. [To assign initial values to something]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of intellectualize. [To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internalize. [To process new information in one's mind.]
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(British spelling) To make something international; to involve multiple nations.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of iodize. [To treat or react with iodine.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ionize. [(physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Islamize. [To convert to Islam.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Italianize. [(transitive) To give something Italian characteristics]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of italicize. [(typography) To put into italics.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize. [(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of labilize. [(chemistry, transitive, intransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Latinize. [(transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legalize. [To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize. [(transitive) To make legitimate.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of lesbianize. [(transitive) To make lesbian.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of lionize. [(transitive) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liquidize. [to make liquid usually referring to solid food in a food processor; liquefy.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of magnetize [(transitive, physics) To make magnetic.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of marbelize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of masculinize. [(transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of masculize. [(rare) To masculinize.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of materialize. [(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mechanize. [To equip something with machinery.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of medize. [(intransitive, historical, of ancient Greeks) To side with the Persians; to be loyal to the Persian Empire rather than Greeks.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorialize. [(US) To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorize. [To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mercerize. [(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of militarize. [To give a military character to something, such as government or organization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mineralize. [To convert to a mineral; to petrify.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of miniaturize. [To design or construct something on a miniature scale.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of minimize. [(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.]
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(UK) Alternative spelling of miscapitalize [To capitalize incorrectly.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of missionize. [(intransitive) To work as a missionary; to do missionary work.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of monetize. [To convert something (especially a security) into currency.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Mormonize. [(US, transitive, rare) To convert to Mormonism.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mortalize. [(transitive) To make mortal.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalize. [(rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nativize. [(transitive) To make native; to incorporate into native culture.]
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Britain standard spelling of neo-colonize.
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Britain standard spelling of neo-colonize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nominalize. [(linguistics) To use as or change into a noun, usually by affixing a morpheme.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize. [(transitive) To make normal, to make standard.]
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British standard spelling of olfactorize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Omanize. [To make Omani]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize. [(originally intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.]
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(British spelling) Standard spelling of organize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of orientalize: Alternative letter-case form of Orientalize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of orphanize. [(transitive) To orphan.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize. [(transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overemphasize. [To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overintellectualize. [To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overorganization. [Too much organizing.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overspecialize. [To specialize to an excessive degree.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of oxidizer. [(chemistry) An oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell.]
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Non-Oxford British English spelling of particularize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of penalize. [(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personize. [(archaic) To personify.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of phonologize. [(phonetics) To shift to a phonemic status by developing a phonetic feature.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of picturize. [(transitive, rare) To represent in a picture or a motion picture; to depict.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize. [(transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarized. [(US) Having a distinctive polarization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polemicize. [(intransitive) To engage in argument.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of politicize. [(intransitive) To discuss politics]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Polonize. [(transitive) To make Polish as to custom, culture, language, or style; to adapt to the norms of the Republic of Poland.]
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UK spelling of polygonize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize. [To put pressure on; to put under pressure.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatize. [(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.]
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Britain standard spelling of problematization.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of proletarianize. [(transitive) To turn (a person or group) into proletariat.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of proselytizer.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of racialize. [To categorize or treat in racial terms.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of racializer. [One who racializes.]
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US and Oxford British English standard spelling of randomise.
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UK spelling of rasterize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize. [To make something rational or more rational.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of reorganize. [(transitive) to organize something again, or in a different manner]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of realize. [(formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recapitalize. [To change how a corporation is structured.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recategorize. [To categorize again, to put in a new or different category.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognize. [(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of reemphasize. [To emphasize again; to reiterate.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of regularize. [To make regular.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of relativize. [To make one thing relative to another.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of renationalization. [A nationalization of something which had previously been nationalized and then privatized.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of renationalize [(transitive) To nationalize again, after a previous privatization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of repolarize. [To polarize again.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of repoliticize. [(transitive) To politicize again.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rhapsodize. [(intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ritualize. [(US, transitive) To make into a ritual.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticize. [(transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticized. [Interpreted in an unrealistic, idealized fashion.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of salinize. [(transitive, intransitive) to become or render salty]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sanitize. [(transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of Sanskritize [(linguistics) To render a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc., in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of Sanskritized [(American spelling, Oxford British English, linguistics) Of a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc.: rendered in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize. [(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularize. [(transitive) To make secular.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularizer. [One who secularizes.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize. [(American spelling, Oxford British English) To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.]
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(British spelling, transitive) Alternative form of sensualize [(transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of serialize. [(computing) To convert an object into a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sermonize. [(intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of sexualize [(transitive) To render sexual, or apply sex appeal to an individual or concept.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of shamanize. [To act as a shaman; to perform the work of a shaman.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of simianize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sinicize. [(transitive) To make something Chinese in form or character.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of sodomise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solarize. [(transitive) To subject to solarization.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solemnize. [(transitive, US) To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of somatize. [(transitive) To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of specialize. [(obsolete, intransitive) To go into specific details.]
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Britain standard spelling of stabilizable.
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US and Oxford British English standard spelling of standardise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize. [(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.]
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Oxford British English standard spelling of strategize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stylize. [(transitive) To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stylized. [Made to conform to some style.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subitize. [(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To judge (the number of objects in a group) rapidly, accurately and confidently without counting them.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subsidize. [(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subspecialize. [To specialize within a particular area of a specialty.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of substantivise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of symmetrize. [(transitive, intransitive) To make or become symmetric.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathizer. [(often derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synthesize. [(transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Syrianize. [(transitive) To render something or someone Syrian.]
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British standard spelling of tactilize.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of taxonomize. [(biology) To assign a taxonomic classification to a particular species.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of templatize. [(transitive, computing, programming) To genericize by means of templates.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theocratize. [(transitive) To bring under religious rule.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize. [To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard form of transgenderize. [(transitive, rare) To make transgender.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of traumatize. [(transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of trivialize. [(transitive) To make something appear trivial]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tyrannize. [(transitive) To oppress (someone).]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of uncapitalize. [(transitive) To convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase; to make uncapitalized.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unionize. [(transitive, intransitive) To organize workers into a union.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of universalize [(transitive) To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.]
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US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
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Canadian and Oxford British spelling of vaporize
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize. [(transitive) To speak or to use words to express.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of victimize. [To make someone a victim or sacrifice.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of villainize. [(transitive) To represent as a villain.]
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American spelling and Oxford British English spelling of visualise
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of volcanize. [(transitive) To expose to volcanic heat.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vulcanize. [(transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vulcanizer. [Equipment used for the vulcanization of rubber.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vulgarize. [To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vulgarizer. [One who vulgarizes.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponize. [(transitive) To make into a weapon.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponized. [Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weatherize. [(US) To protect a structure against damage by the weather.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of westernize. [(transitive, intransitive) To render something western in character.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of winsorize. [(statistics) To transform statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of winterize. [(transitive) To prepare (something) for winter weather.]
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US and Oxford British English standard spelling of witticise.
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanize. [(intransitive, said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously.]
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(rare) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of zeolitize. [(geology) To convert (or be converted) into a zeolite.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of zeroize. [(nonstandard) To set, reset, or initialize something (especially a variable or parameter) to zero.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of zincize. [(transitive) To galvanize with zinc.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Zionize. [(sometimes derogatory) to make (something) Zionist or more Zionist]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of zoologize. [(intransitive) To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.]
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of zoomorphize. [(transitive) To endow with animal qualities.]
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(rare) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Zuluize. [(transitive) To make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language.]
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