-ize (redirected from -iser)

-ize or -ise

suff.

1.

a. To cause to be or to become: dramatize.

b. To cause to conform to or resemble: Hellenize.

c. To treat as: idolize.

2.

a. To treat or affect with: anesthetize.

b. To subject to: tyrannize.

3. To treat according to or practice the method of: pasteurize.

4. To become; become like: materialize.

5. To perform, engage in, or produce: botanize.

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[Middle English -isen, from Old French -iser, from Late Latin -izre, from Greek -izein, v. suff.]

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-ize, -ise

suffix forming verbs

1. to cause to become, resemble, or agree with legalize

2. to become; change into crystallize

3. to affect in a specified way; subject to hypnotize

4. to act according to some practice, principle, policy, etc. economize

[from Old French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Greek -izein]

Usage: In Britain and the US -ize is the preferred ending for many verbs, but -ise is equally acceptable in British English. Certain words (chiefly those not formed by adding the suffix to an existing word) are, however, always spelt with -ise in both Britain and the US: advertise, revise

Translations

-ize

vb suf → -isieren; authorize → autorisieren; rationalize → rationalisieren