Meaning Of The Word -ize

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-ize
suffix: Verbs that can end in either '-ize' or '-ise' are dealt with in this dictionary at the '-ize' spelling. Many verbs ending in -ize describe processes by which things or people are brought into a new state.

-ize in American English
to cause to be or become; make conform with or resemble; make
suffix: a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have entered English through Latin or French ( baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses “

-ize in British English
suffix forming verbs: to cause to become, resemble, or agree with

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