| mobilize | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilise |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilise |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, rally |
| modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
| modernized | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernised |
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| moisturize | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturise |
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| monetize | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetise |
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| mongrelize | (verb) cause to become a mongrel | Synonyms: mongrelise |
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| monologuize | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, soliloquise, soliloquize |
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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 |
| monopolizer | (noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something | Synonyms: monopoliser, monopolist |
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| 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 |
| motorize | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorise |
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| (verb) equip with a motor | - |
| (verb) equip with a motor vehicle | - |
| motorized | (adjective) equipped with a motor or motors | Synonyms: motored, motorised |
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| (adjective) using vehicles | Synonyms: mechanised, mechanized |
| mythicize | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythologise, mythologize |
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| (verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicise |
| mythologize | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythicize, mythologise |
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| (verb) construct a myth | Synonyms: mythologise |
| narcotize | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotise |
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| narcotized | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotised |
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| 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 | - |
| naturalized | (adjective) planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | Synonyms: naturalised |
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| (adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: established |
| nebulizer | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, spray, sprayer |
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| 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 |
| neutralized | (adjective) made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | Synonyms: neutralised |
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| nitrogenize | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenise |
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| noncitizen | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, foreigner, outlander |
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| noncivilized | (adjective) not having a high state of culture and social development | Synonyms: noncivilised |
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| noninstitutionalized | (adjective) not committed to an institution | Synonyms: noninstitutionalised |
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| nonionized | (adjective) not converted into ions | Synonyms: nonionic, nonionised, unionised, unionized |
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| nonunionized | (adjective) not affiliated in a trade union | Synonyms: nonunionised, unorganised, unorganized |
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| 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 |
| normalizer | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normaliser |
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| notarize | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarise |
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| 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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| odorize | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odourise, scent |
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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 |
| opsonize | (verb) make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes | - |
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| optimize | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimise |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimise |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimise |
| organize | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: coordinate, organise |
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| (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, prepare |
| (verb) cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea | Synonyms: organise |
| (verb) create (as an entity) | Synonyms: form, organise |
| (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organise, unionise, unionize |
| organized | (adjective) methodical and efficient in arrangement or function | - |
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| (adjective) formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale | - |
| (adjective) being a member of or formed into a labor union | Synonyms: organised, unionised, unionized |
| organizer | (noun) a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | Synonyms: organiser, PDA, personal digital assistant, personal organiser, personal organizer |
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| (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: arranger, organiser |
| (noun) someone who enlists workers to join a union | Synonyms: labor organizer, organiser |
| orientalize | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalise |
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| ostracize | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracise |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun |
| outsize | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsized, oversize, oversized |
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| (noun) an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large) | - |
| outsized | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsize, oversize, oversized |
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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 |
| overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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| overemphasize | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overstress |
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| overgeneralize | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralise |
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| oversize | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsize, outsized, oversized |
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| oversized | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsize, outsized, oversize |
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| overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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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 |
| oxidized | (adjective) combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidised |
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| oxidizer | (noun) a substance that oxidizes another substance | Synonyms: oxidant, oxidiser, oxidizing agent |
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| oxygenize | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| (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: oxygenise |
| ozonize | (verb) convert (oxygen) into ozone | Synonyms: ozonise |
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| paganize | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganise |
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| palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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| palatalized | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalised |
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| parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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| particularize | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| particularized | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularised |
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| pasteurize | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurise |
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| pasteurized | (adjective) having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation | Synonyms: pasteurised |
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| pasteurizer | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteuriser |
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| patinize | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinise |
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| patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronized | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronised |
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| pauperize | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperise |
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| penalize | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, punish |
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| peptize | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptise |
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| personalize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalise |
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| personalized | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, individualized, personalised |
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| (adjective) pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively | - |
| philosophize | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophise |
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| philosophizer | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophiser |
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| phlebotomize | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomise |
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| phlegmatizer | (noun) a material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport. | - |
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| photosensitize | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitise |
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| plagiarize | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarise |
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| plagiarized | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiarised, plagiaristic |
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| plagiarizer | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist |
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| plasticize | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticise |
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| (verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticise |
| plasticizer | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticiser |
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| platinize | (verb) coat with metallic platinum | - |
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| platitudinize | (verb) utter platitudes | - |
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| pluralize | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralise |
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| poetize | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, verse, versify |
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| poetizer | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetiser, rhymer, rhymester, versifier |
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| polarize | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarise |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarise |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarise |
| polemicize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemise, polemize |
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| polemize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemise |
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| politicize | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicise |
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| polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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| polymerize | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerise |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerise |
| popularize | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularise |
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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, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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| porcelainize | (verb) coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface | - |
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