Ize meaning
To become; become like.
Materialize.
suffix
To subject to, treat with, or combine with.
Oxidize, galvanize.
affix
Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, the verbs having the sense of "to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective".
suffix
To treat according to or practice the method of.
Pasteurize.
suffix
To perform, engage in, or produce.
Botanize.
suffix
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To cause to be or to become.
Dramatize.
suffix
To cause to conform to or resemble.
Hellenize.
suffix
To treat as.
Idolize.
suffix
To treat or affect with.
Anesthetize.
suffix
To subject to.
Tyrannize.
suffix
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To cause to be or become; make conform with or resemble; make.
Democratize, Americanize.
affix
To become, become like, or change into.
Crystallize.
affix
To engage in; act in a (specified) way.
Soliloquize, theorize.
affix
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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.