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