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1-ise — see IZE (Cf. ize) …
2-ise — See { ize}. [1913 Webster] …
3-ise in verbs — ize, ise in verbs 1. spelling. The primary rule is that all words of the type authorize/authorise, civilize/civilise, legalize/legalise, where there is a choice of ending, may be legitimately spelt with either ize or ise throughout the English… …
4-ize — ize, ise in verbs 1. spelling. The primary rule is that all words of the type authorize/authorise, civilize/civilise, legalize/legalise, where there is a choice of ending, may be legitimately spelt with either ize or ise throughout the English… …
5-ise — / ize Since about the time of Noah Webster, American users have been strongly inclined to use ize terminations on verbs such as recognize and conceptualize, while in Britain ise endings remain more common. However, it is worth noting that even… …
6-ize — (also ise) ► SUFFIX forming verbs meaning: 1) make or become: privatize. 2) cause to resemble: Americanize. 3) treat in a specified way: pasteurize. 4) treat or cause to combine with a specified substance: carbonize. 5) perform or subject… …
7-ize — izesuff. [F. iser, L. izare, Gr. ?.] A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice; as, apologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize. [1913 Webster] Note: In the case of certain words the spelling with ise (after analogy with F. iser) is the… …
8-ise — as a verbal ending is sometimes optional as an alternative to ize (baptise, prioritise) and is sometimes obligatory because of a word s origin (advertise, compromise, exercise). See more fully at ize …
9ise — [ aız ] suffix BRITISH IZE …
10-ize — suffix forming verbs, M.E. isen, from O.Fr. iser, from L.L. izare, from Gk. izein. English picked up the French form, but partially reverted to the correct Greek z spelling from late 16c. In Britain, despite the opposition (at least formerly) of… …