| reprize | (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: recapitulate, repeat, reprise |
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| resize | (verb) change the size of; make the size more appropriate | - |
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| revitalize | (verb) restore strength | Synonyms: regenerate |
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| (verb) give new life or vigor to | Synonyms: revitalise |
| revolutionize | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionise |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionise |
| (verb) overthrow by a revolution, of governments | - |
| rhapsodize | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
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| (verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
| ritualize | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualise |
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| romanticize | (verb) act in a romantic way | - |
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| (verb) make romantic in style | Synonyms: romanticise |
| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, romanticise |
| rubberize | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberise |
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| ruggedize | (verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | Synonyms: ruggedise |
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| sanitize | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitise |
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| (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitise |
| satirize | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirise |
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| scandalize | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, shock |
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| schematize | (verb) give conventional form to | Synonyms: schematise |
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| (verb) formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula | - |
| scrutinize | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinise |
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| (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinise, size up, take stock |
| sectionalize | (verb) divide into sections, especially into geographic sections | Synonyms: sectionalise |
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| secularize | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularise |
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| (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: desacralize |
| seize | (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: grab |
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| (verb) affect | Synonyms: clutch, get hold of |
| (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, prehend, take hold, take hold of |
| (verb) take or capture by force | - |
| (verb) hook by a pull on the line | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, capture, conquer |
| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, sequester |
| (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, assume, take over, usurp |
| sensibilize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensitize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise |
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| (verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | Synonyms: sensitise |
| (verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen | Synonyms: sensitise |
| (verb) cause to sense; make sensitive | Synonyms: sensitise |
| sensualize | (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: carnalise, carnalize, sensualise |
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| (verb) ascribe to an origin in sensation | Synonyms: carnalize |
| (verb) represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture | Synonyms: carnalize |
| sentimentalize | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalise, sentimentise, sentimentize |
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| (verb) look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment | Synonyms: sentimentalise |
| (verb) make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities | Synonyms: sentimentalise |
| sentimentize | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise |
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| serialize | (verb) arrange serially | Synonyms: serialise |
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| sermonize | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise |
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| severalize | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, tell, tell apart |
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| (verb) distinguish or separate | Synonyms: severalise |
| sexualize | (verb) make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to | Synonyms: sexualise |
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| shamanize | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanise |
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| signalize | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalise |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalise |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalise |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalise |
| singularize | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularise |
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| size | (verb) make to a size; bring to a suitable size | - |
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| (verb) sort according to size | - |
| (verb) cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) | - |
| slenderize | (verb) take off weight | Synonyms: melt off, reduce, slim, slim down, thin |
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| (verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderise |
| socialize | (verb) make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies | Synonyms: socialise |
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| (verb) prepare for social life | Synonyms: socialise |
| (verb) train for a social environment | Synonyms: socialise |
| (verb) take part in social activities; interact with others | Synonyms: socialise |
| sodomize | (verb) practice anal sex upon | Synonyms: bugger, sodomise |
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| (verb) copulate with an animal | Synonyms: sodomise |
| solarize | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarise, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarise |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarise |
| (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: solarise |
| solemnize | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnise |
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| (verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnise |
| (verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnise |
| soliloquize | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, monologuize, soliloquise |
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| sorcerize | (verb) transform or change by means of sorcery | Synonyms: sorcerise |
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| sovietize | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietise |
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| (verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietise |
| specialize | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialise |
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| (verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialise |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, speciate |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specify |
| (verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialise |
| spiritize | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritise |
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| spiritualize | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualise |
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| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, transfigure |
| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualise |
| spondaize | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaise |
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| stabilize | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilise |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilise |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilise, steady |
| stalinize | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinise |
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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 |
| sterilize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex |
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| (verb) make free from bacteria | Synonyms: sterilise |
| stigmatize | (verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata | Synonyms: stigmatise |
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| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, denounce, mark, stigmatise |
| stylize | (verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalize, stylise |
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| 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 |
| subtilize | (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, sublimate |
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| (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilise |
| (verb) mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words | - |
| suburbanize | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
| subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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| summarize | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarise |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarise |
| summerize | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerise |
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| syllabize | (verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable | Synonyms: syllabise |
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| (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabify, syllabise |
| syllogize | (verb) reason by syllogisms | Synonyms: syllogise |
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| symbolize | (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | Synonyms: represent, stand for, symbolise, typify |
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| (verb) represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols | Synonyms: symbolise |
| symmetrize | (verb) make symmetric | Synonyms: symmetrise |
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| sympathize | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathise, understand |
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| (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: commiserate, sympathise |
| (verb) share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of | Synonyms: sympathise |
| symphonize | (verb) play or sound together, in harmony | Synonyms: symphonise |
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| synchronize | (verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | Synonyms: sync, synchronise |
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| (verb) operate simultaneously | Synonyms: synchronise |
| (verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate | Synonyms: synchronise |
| (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronise |
| (verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | Synonyms: synchronise |
| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronise |
| syncretize | (verb) become fused | Synonyms: syncretise |
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| (verb) unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) | Synonyms: syncretise |
| synthesize | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesise |
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| (verb) combine and form a synthesis | - |
| systematize | (verb) arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | Synonyms: systematise, systemise, systemize |
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| systemize | (verb) arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | Synonyms: systematise, systematize, systemise |
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| tabularize | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularise, tabulate |
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| tantalize | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, taunt, tease, twit |
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| telepathize | (verb) communicate nonverbally by telepathy | Synonyms: telepathise |
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| temporize | (verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | Synonyms: temporise |
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| tenderize | (verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | Synonyms: tender, tenderise |
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| territorialize | (verb) extend by adding territory | Synonyms: territorialise |
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| (verb) place on a territorial basis | Synonyms: territorialise |
| (verb) organize as a territory | Synonyms: territorialise |
| terrorize | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrify, terrorise |
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| (verb) coerce by violence or with threats | Synonyms: terrorise |
| theologize | (verb) make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects | Synonyms: theologise |
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| (verb) treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character | Synonyms: theologise |
| theorize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise |
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| (verb) form or construct theories | - |
| (verb) construct a theory about | - |
| topicalize | (verb) emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence | - |
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| totalize | (verb) make into a total | Synonyms: totalise |
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| tranquilize | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquillise, tranquillize |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| tranquillize | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise |
| transistorize | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorise |
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| transitivize | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivise |
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| traumatize | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatise |
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| trivialize | (verb) make trivial or insignificant | Synonyms: trivialise |
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| tyrannize | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: domineer, tyrannise |
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| (verb) rule a country as a tyrant | Synonyms: grind down, tyrannise |
| uniformize | (verb) make uniform | Synonyms: uniformise |
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| unionize | (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organise, organize, unionise |
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| (verb) recruit for a union or organize into a union | Synonyms: unionise |
| unitize | (verb) separate or classify into units | Synonyms: unitise |
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| (verb) make into a unit | Synonyms: unitise |
| (verb) divide (bulk material) and process as units | Synonyms: unitise |
| universalize | (verb) make universal | Synonyms: universalise |
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| unsubstantialize | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise |
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| urbanize | (verb) make more industrial or city-like | Synonyms: urbanise |
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| (verb) impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon | Synonyms: urbanise |
| utilize | (verb) convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) | - |
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| (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, employ, use, utilise |
| vandalize | (verb) destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | Synonyms: vandalise |
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| vaporize | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporise |
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| (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporise |
| (verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vanish |
| (verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting | Synonyms: zap |
| vascularize | (verb) make vascular | Synonyms: vascularise |
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| (verb) become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids | Synonyms: vascularise |
| vasectomize | (verb) remove the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasectomise |
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| verbalize | (verb) convert into a verb | Synonyms: verbalise |
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| (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise |
| (verb) be verbose | Synonyms: verbalise |
| (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise |
| victimize | (verb) punish unjustly | Synonyms: victimise |
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| (verb) make a victim of | Synonyms: victimise |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle |
| virilize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilise |
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| visualize | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualise |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualise |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualise |
| vitalize | (verb) make more lively or vigorous | Synonyms: vitalise |
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| (verb) give life to | Synonyms: vitalise |
| vitaminize | (verb) add vitamins as a supplement | Synonyms: vitaminise |
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