English Word Root: ize

make, become
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1 aggrandize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
2 antagonize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
3 apologize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. beg or pardon
4 authorize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. empower; give permission for
5 bowdlerize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
6 categorize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. classify; put people or things into groups with the same features
7 characterize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
8 colonize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. migrate to and settle in; plant
9 commercialize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make commercial; apply methods of business for profit
10 criticize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
11 crystallize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. assume crystalline form; cause to take on a definite and clear shape
12 demagnetize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase
13 demobilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. retire from military service
14 demoralize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; confuse or put into disorder
15 disorganize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. disarrange; disorder; destroy the organization; make less organized
16 dramatize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
17 economize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
18 emphasize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
19 energize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. give energy to; make forceful and active; supply with an electric current
20 fertilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. enrich; make fertile; make fruitful or productive
21 fraternize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. associate with others in a brotherly or  friendly  way
22 galvanize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
23 generalize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
24 harmonize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. correspond; sing or play in harmony; go together
25 homogenize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. equalize; become similar, as by mixing
26 hypothesize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
27 immobilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. stabilize; cause to be unable to move
28 jeopardize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. endanger; imperil; put at risk
29 legalize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make legal; allow something by law
30 lionize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
31 magnetize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make magnetic; attract strongly, as if with a magnet
32 materialize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. come into being; become reality
33 memorize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. learn something to remember it exactly; commit to memory; learn by heart
34 mesmerize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. hypnotize; attract strongly, as if with a magnet; bring into a state of mesmeric sleep
35 minimize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant
36 mobilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
37 monopolize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
38 neutralize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make neutral and thus inoffensive
39 organize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make arrangements for something to happen according to a particular system
40 ostracize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
41 overemphasize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. place special or excessive emphasis on
42 patronize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. act as a patron to; support or sponsor
43 plagiarize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
44 polarize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. split into opposite extremes or camps
45 proselytize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
46 publicize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. broadcast; announce; make public
47 pulverize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
48 rationalize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. think in logical way; offer an excuse
49 recognize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. perceive the identity of; admit with a formal acknowledgment
50 reorganize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. organize anew, as after a setback
51 revolutionize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. completely change; dramatically change
52 rhapsodize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
53 satirize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
54 scrutinize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. examine closely and critically
55 seize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. take hold of; take or capture by force
56 sentimentalize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
57 socialize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. take part in social activities; interact with others
58 specialize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. study or work on a particular subject or skill more than any others; particularize
59 stabilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. become stable or more stable
60 standardize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. normalize; cause to conform to a standard
61 sterilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
62 stigmatize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
63 subsidize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. support through finance; fund
64 summarize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. give a brief statement of the main points of something
65 symbolize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. represent; signify; stand for
66 synchronize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
67 synthesize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. integrate; compose; combine to form a new, complex product
68 systematize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. arrange according to a system
69 tantalize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
70 temporize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
71 urbanize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make more industrial or city-like
72 utilize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. put into service; take advantage of
73 vaporize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
74 verbalize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. express in speech;  speak or use words to express
75 visualize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of