Ize meaning

To become; become like.

Materialize.

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To subject to, treat with, or combine with.

Oxidize, galvanize.

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Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, the verbs having the sense of "to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective".
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To treat according to or practice the method of.

Pasteurize.

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To perform, engage in, or produce.

Botanize.

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To cause to be or to become.

Dramatize.

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To cause to conform to or resemble.

Hellenize.

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To treat as.

Idolize.

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To treat or affect with.

Anesthetize.

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To subject to.

Tyrannize.

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To cause to be or become; make conform with or resemble; make.

Democratize, Americanize.

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To become, become like, or change into.

Crystallize.

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To engage in; act in a (specified) way.

Soliloquize, theorize.

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Origin of ize

From Middle English -isen (“-ise, -ize”), from Old French -iser (“-ize”), from Latin -izāre (“-ize”), from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-izein), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Gothic [script?] (-itjan, verbal suffix), Old High German -izzen (verbal suffix), Old English -ettan (verbal suffix). Also see notes.