| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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| apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
| arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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| arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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| (verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| (verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
| asterisk | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
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| authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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| (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
| bonderise | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderize |
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| bowdlerise | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten |
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| brisk | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk up, brisken |
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| brisken | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk, brisk up |
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| bristle | (verb) react in an offended or angry manner | - |
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| (verb) rise up as in fear | Synonyms: stand up, uprise |
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, burst |
| (verb) have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles | - |
| burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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| caparison | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
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| carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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| categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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| catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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| cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
| characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
| cherish | (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, hold dear, treasure |
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| christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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| cicatrise | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrize |
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| circularise | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularize |
| (verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularize |
| colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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| comprise | (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: contain, incorporate |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: consist |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, constitute, make up, represent |
| computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
| containerise | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerize |
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| contemporise | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
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| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
| copolymerise | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerize |
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| crisp | (verb) make brown and crisp by heating | Synonyms: crispen, toast |
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| (verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle |
| crispen | (verb) make brown and crisp by heating | Synonyms: crisp, toast |
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| crisscross | (verb) mark with a pattern of crossing lines | - |
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| (verb) mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines | - |
| (verb) cross in a pattern, often random | - |
| decarburise | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke |
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| decolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
| deodorise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorize, deodourise |
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| deodourise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodorize |
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| depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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| depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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| discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| equilibrise | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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| etherise | (verb) anesthetize with ether | Synonyms: etherize |
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| extemporise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, improvize |
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| exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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| familiarise | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarize |
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| flourish | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, expand, thrive |
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| (verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: brandish, wave |
| (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | Synonyms: fly high, prosper, thrive |
| formularise | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularize |
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| frisk | (verb) search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets | - |
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| (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
| garrison | (verb) station (troops) in a fort or garrison | - |
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| glamorise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, glamourize |
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| glamourise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, romanticise, romanticize |
| impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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| (verb) make poor | - |
| imprison | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| (verb) confine as if in a prison | - |
| interiorise | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorize, internalise, internalize |
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| isomerise | (verb) change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerize |
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| (verb) cause to change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerize |
| linearise | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearize |
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| malnourish | (verb) provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment | Synonyms: undernourish |
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| martyrise | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrize |
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| memorise | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, learn, memorize |
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| mercerise | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerize |
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| mesmerise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerize, spellbind |
| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| miniaturise | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturize |
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| moisturise | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturize |
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| motorise | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorize |
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| notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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| nourish | (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nurture, sustain |
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| (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nutrify |
| odourise | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odorize, scent |
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| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| pasteurise | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurize |
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| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| perish | (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, pop off, snuff it |
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| plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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| polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
| polymerise | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerize |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerize |
| popularise | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularize |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| powderise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
| pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
| prise | (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prize, respect, value |
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| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prize, pry |
| (verb) make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry | Synonyms: pry |
| pulverise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverize |
| (verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: demolish, pulverize |
| reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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| regularise | (verb) make regular or more regular | Synonyms: regularize |
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| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, order, regularize, regulate |
| remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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| reprise | (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: recapitulate, repeat, reprize |
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| rise | (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: resurrect, uprise |
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| (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: arise, get up, turn out, uprise |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: climb, go up |
| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, wax |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, jump |
| (verb) exert oneself to meet a challenge | - |
| (verb) become heartened or elated | - |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise |
| (verb) increase in volume | Synonyms: prove |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise up, surface |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: arise, get up, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: ascend, move up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: ascend, come up, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rebel, rise up |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rear |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise |
| risk | (verb) expose to a chance of loss or damage | Synonyms: lay on the line, put on the line |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| rubberise | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberize |
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| satirise | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirize |
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| secularise | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularize |
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| singularise | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularize |
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| slenderise | (verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderize |
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| solarise | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarize, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarize |
| sorcerise | (verb) transform or change by means of sorcery | Synonyms: sorcerize |
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| summarise | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarize |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarize |