aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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anodize | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodise |
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bastardize | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardise |
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(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardise |
deoxidize | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, reduce |
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fluoridize | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridate, fluoridise |
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gormandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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gourmandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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hybridize | (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: cross, crossbreed, hybridise, interbreed |
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iodize | (verb) treat with iodine so as to prevent infection | Synonyms: iodise |
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(verb) treat with iodine | Synonyms: iodise |
jeopardize | (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, stake, venture |
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(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, menace, peril, threaten |
liquidize | (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquefy, liquidise, liquify |
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(verb) sell or get rid of all one's merchandise | Synonyms: sell out, sell up |
melodize | (verb) supply a melody for | Synonyms: melodise |
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oxidize | (verb) add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidise |
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(verb) enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidise |
propagandize | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
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(verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
rhapsodize | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
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(verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
ruggedize | (verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | Synonyms: ruggedise |
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standardize | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardise |
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(verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardise |
subsidize | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidise |
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(verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidise |