| melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
| melodise | (verb) supply a melody for | Synonyms: melodize |
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| memorialise | (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialize |
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| (verb) address in a memorial | Synonyms: memorialize |
| 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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| merchandise | (verb) engage in the trade of | Synonyms: trade |
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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 |
| metabolise | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolize |
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| metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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| metricise | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricize, metrify |
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| (verb) express in the metric system | Synonyms: metricize |
| 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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| minimise | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimize |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimize, understate |
| misadvise | (verb) give bad advice to | Synonyms: misguide |
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| mobilise | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally |
| modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
| moisturise | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturize |
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| monetise | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetize |
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| mongrelise | (verb) cause to become a mongrel | Synonyms: mongrelize |
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| monologuise | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuize, soliloquise, soliloquize |
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| monopolise | (verb) have or exploit a monopoly of | Synonyms: monopolize |
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| (verb) have and control fully and exclusively | Synonyms: monopolize |
| monumentalise | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalize |
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| moralise | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralize |
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| (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
| (verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralize |
| mortise | (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortice |
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| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortice |
| motorise | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorize |
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| mythicise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicize, mythologise, mythologize |
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| (verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicize |
| mythologise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythicize, mythologize |
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| (verb) construct a myth | Synonyms: mythologize |
| narcotise | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotize |
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| nasalise | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalize |
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| (verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalize |
| nationalise | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalize |
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| (verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalize |
| naturalise | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalize |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, tame |
| neutralise | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralize |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralize, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralize |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, waste |
| nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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| noise | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, resound |
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| normalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalize, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalize |
| notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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| novelise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelize |
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| occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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| odourise | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odorize, scent |
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| officialise | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialize |
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| opalise | (verb) replace or convert into opal | Synonyms: opalize |
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| (verb) make opalescent | Synonyms: opalize |
| optimise | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimize |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimize |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimize |
| organise | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: coordinate, organize |
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| (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organize |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organize, prepare |
| (verb) cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea | Synonyms: organize |
| (verb) create (as an entity) | Synonyms: form, organize |
| (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organize, unionise, unionize |
| orientalise | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalize |
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| ostracise | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracize |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun |
| overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| overgeneralise | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralize |
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| overpraise | (verb) praise excessively | - |
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| overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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| oxidise | (verb) add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidize |
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| (verb) enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidize |
| oxygenise | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenize |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| ozonise | (verb) convert (oxygen) into ozone | Synonyms: ozonize |
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| paganise | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganize |
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| palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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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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| patinise | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinize |
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| patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| penalise | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalize, punish |
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| peptise | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptize |
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| personalise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalize |
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| philosophise | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophize |
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| phlebotomise | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomize |
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| photosensitise | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitize |
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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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| plasticise | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticize |
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| (verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticize |
| pluralise | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralize |
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| poetise | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetize, verse, versify |
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| poise | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: balance |
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| (verb) cause to be balanced or suspended | - |
| (verb) prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult | Synonyms: brace |
| (verb) be motionless, in suspension | - |
| 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 |
| polemicise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicize, polemise, polemize |
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| polemise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemize |
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| politicise | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicize |
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| polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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| 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 |
| practise | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice |
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| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practice |
| praise | (verb) express approval of | - |
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| premise | (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premiss |
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| (verb) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | - |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, preface |
| 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 |
| previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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| (verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |
| prioritise | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritize |
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| 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 |
| privatise | (verb) change from governmental to private control or ownership | Synonyms: privatize |
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| professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
| prologise | (verb) write or speak a prologue | Synonyms: prologize, prologuize |
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| promise | (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: assure |
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| (verb) promise to undertake or give | - |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate |
| (verb) give grounds for expectations | - |
| propagandise | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
| proselytise | (verb) convert to another faith or religion | Synonyms: proselytize |
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| ptyalise | (verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalize, spew, spit, spue |
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| publicise | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicize |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicize |
| 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 |
| quantise | (verb) apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor | Synonyms: quantize |
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| (verb) approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values | Synonyms: quantize |
| raise | (verb) cause to become alive again | Synonyms: resurrect, upraise |
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| (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, heighten |
| (verb) raise the level or amount of something | - |
| (verb) raise in rank or condition | Synonyms: elevate, lift |
| (verb) invigorate or heighten | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) put an end to | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project | - |
| (verb) multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 | - |
| (verb) cause to be heard or known; express or utter | - |
| (verb) put forward for consideration or discussion | Synonyms: bring up |
| (verb) activate or stir up | - |
| (verb) establish radio communications with | - |
| (verb) pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth | - |
| (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: levy, recruit |
| (verb) bet more than the previous player | - |
| (verb) bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level | - |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, stir |
| (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, rear, set up |
| (verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, grow, produce |
| (verb) create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise | - |
| (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke |
| (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, lift |
| (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: leaven, prove |
| (verb) move upwards | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) collect funds for a specific purpose | - |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, rear |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit |
| randomise | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomize |
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| rationalise | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalize |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalize |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalize |