| mongrelize | (verb) cause to become a mongrel | Synonyms: mongrelise |
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| monopolize | (verb) have or exploit a monopoly of | Synonyms: monopolise |
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| (verb) have and control fully and exclusively | Synonyms: monopolise |
| monumentalize | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalise |
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| moralize | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralise |
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| (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
| (verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralise |
| nasalize | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalise |
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| (verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalise |
| nationalize | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalise |
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| (verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalise |
| naturalize | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalise |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalise |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalise |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame |
| (verb) explain with reference to nature | - |
| neutralize | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralise |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralise |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste |
| (verb) make politically neutral and thus inoffensive | - |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail |
| normalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, temper |
| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalise |
| novelize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelise |
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| occidentalize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, westernise, westernize |
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| officialize | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialise |
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| opalize | (verb) replace or convert into opal | Synonyms: opalise |
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| (verb) make opalescent | Synonyms: opalise |
| orientalize | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalise |
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| overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| overgeneralize | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralise |
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| overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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| palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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| parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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| penalize | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, punish |
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| personalize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalise |
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| pluralize | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralise |
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| professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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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: professionalise |
| ptyalize | (verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalise, spew, spit, spue |
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| radicalize | (verb) make more radical in social or political outlook | - |
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| rationalize | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalise |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalise |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalise |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalise |
| realize | (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realise, see, understand |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, substantiate |
| (verb) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | Synonyms: realise |
| (verb) convert into cash; of goods and property | Synonyms: realise |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, take in |
| renormalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, normalize, renormalise |
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| revitalize | (verb) restore strength | Synonyms: regenerate |
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| (verb) give new life or vigor to | Synonyms: revitalise |
| ritualize | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualise |
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| scandalize | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, shock |
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| sectionalize | (verb) divide into sections, especially into geographic sections | Synonyms: sectionalise |
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| sensibilize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| 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 |
| serialize | (verb) arrange serially | Synonyms: serialise |
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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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| sterilize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex |
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| (verb) make free from bacteria | Synonyms: sterilise |
| stylize | (verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalize, stylise |
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| 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 | - |
| subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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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 |
| tantalize | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, taunt, tease, twit |
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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 |
| 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 |
| trivialize | (verb) make trivial or insignificant | Synonyms: trivialise |
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| universalize | (verb) make universal | Synonyms: universalise |
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| unsubstantialize | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise |
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| vocalize | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vowelise, vowelize |
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| (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalise |
| (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: sound, vocalise, voice |
| (verb) utter speech sounds | Synonyms: phonate, vocalise |
| (verb) sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | Synonyms: vocalise |
| volatilize | (verb) make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor | Synonyms: volatilise |
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| vowelize | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, vowelise |
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