| acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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| acetylize | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| actualize | (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: realise, realize, substantiate, actualise |
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| (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: push, promote, advertise |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: publicise, publicize, advertise |
| aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: pad, embellish, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, aggrandise, lard |
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| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: realise, realize, recognise, recognize, agnise |
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| agonize | (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
| alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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| alcoholize | (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| alkalinize | (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
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| (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
| alkalize | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalise, basify |
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| allegorize | (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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| (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| alphabetize | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetise |
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| (verb) provide with an alphabet | - |
| aluminize | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminise |
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| amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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| anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: put out, put under, anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| analogize | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogise |
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| anathematize | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: execrate, comminate, accurse, anathematise, anathemise, anathemize |
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| anathemize | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: imprecate, maledict, damn, curse, anathemise, bedamn, beshrew |
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| (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: execrate, comminate, accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise |
| anatomize | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomise |
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| (verb) analyze down to the smallest detail | - |
| anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: put out, put under, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise |
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| anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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| animalize | (verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalise |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: brutalise, brutalize, animalise |
| (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: brutalise, brutalize, animalise |
| animize | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animise |
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| anodize | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodise |
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| antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: counteract, antagonise |
| anthologize | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologise |
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| anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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| apologize | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologise |
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| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: rationalise, rationalize, excuse, apologise |
| apostatize | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, tergiversate |
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| apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
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| apotheosize | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosise |
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| apprize | (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: give notice, apprise, notify, send word, advise |
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| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprise, instruct |
| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, revalue, apprise |
| (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise |
| arborize | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborise |
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| archaize | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaise |
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| aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: perfume, aromatise |
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| arterialize | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialise |
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| assize | (noun) the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale | - |
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| (noun) an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property | - |
| atomize | (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomise |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: zap, nuke, atomise |
| (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomise |
| attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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| authorize | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: clear, pass, authorise |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: empower, authorise |
| automatize | (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
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| (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
| autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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| avianize | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianise |
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| bacterize | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterise |
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| baize | (noun) a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables | - |
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| baptize | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: christen, baptise |
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| barbarize | (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarise |
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| (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarise |
| baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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| bastardize | (verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardise |
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| (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardise |
| bestialize | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialise |
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| bituminize | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminise |
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| bize | (noun) a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | Synonyms: bise |
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| bolshevize | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: communise, communize, bolshevise |
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| bonderize | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderise |
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| botanize | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanise |
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| bowdlerize | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: expurgate, shorten, castrate, bowdlerise |
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| brutalize | (verb) treat brutally | Synonyms: brutalise |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: brutalise, animalise, animalize |
| (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: brutalise, animalise, animalize |
| burglarize | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: heist, burglarise, burgle |
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| canalize | (verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canal, canalise |
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| cannibalize | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalise |
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| (verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalise |
| cannulize | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: intubate, cannulate, cannulise, canulate |
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| canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: saint, canonise |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
| capitalize | (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalise, take advantage |
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| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalise |
| caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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| capsize | (verb) overturn accidentally | Synonyms: turn turtle, turtle |
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| capsulize | (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulate |
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| (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: encapsulate, capsule, capsulise |
| caramelize | (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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| (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
| carbonize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carburise, carburize |
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| (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonise |
| carburize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburise |
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| carnalize | (verb) represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture | Synonyms: sensualize |
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| (verb) ascribe to an origin in sensation | Synonyms: sensualize |
| (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: sensualize, sensualise, carnalise |
| catabolize | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolise |
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| catechize | (verb) examine through questioning and answering | Synonyms: catechise |
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| (verb) give religious instructions to | Synonyms: catechise |
| categorize | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorise |
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| catheterize | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterise |
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| catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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| cauterize | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterise |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterise |
| centralize | (verb) make central | Synonyms: concentrate, centralise |
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| channelize | (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: direct, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, guide, steer, channelise |
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| (verb) make a channel for; provide with a channel | Synonyms: channelise |
| (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, transfer, transmit, transport |
| (verb) cause to form a channel | Synonyms: channelise |
| characterize | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: qualify, characterise |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterise |
| chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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| cicatrize | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrise |
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| cinematize | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematise |
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| circularize | (verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularise |
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| (verb) canvass by using a questionnaire | - |
| (verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularise |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread, circularise, circulate, disseminate, broadcast |
| (verb) make circular | - |
| civilize | (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: educate, train, school, civilise, cultivate |
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| (verb) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | Synonyms: civilise |
| classicize | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicise |
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| cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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| cognize | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: know, cognise |
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| collateralize | (verb) pledge as a collateral | - |
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| collectivize | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivise |
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| colonize | (verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonise |
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| (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonise |
| colorize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, colour, color in, colorise, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, colour, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise |
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| commercialize | (verb) exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality | - |
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| (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: market, commercialise |
| communalize | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalise |
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