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91aus|ten|it|ize — «S tuh nuh tyz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to form austenite by heating (a ferrous alloy) …
92au|thor|ize — « thuh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to give power or right to: »The principal was authorized to speak for the teachers. The President authorized his ambassador to sign the treaty. SYNONYM(S): empower. 2. to make legal; approve;… …
93a|vi|an|ize — «AY vee uh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to produce changes in (a microorganism) or prepare (a vaccine) by growing the bacteria or viruses in chicken embryos …
94Ba|bel|ize — «BAY buh lyz, BAB uh », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to throw into confusion; make unintelligible; confound. –Ba´bel|i|za´tion, noun …
95bac|ter|ize — «BAK tuh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat or modify by bacterial action. –bac´ter|i|za´tion, noun …
96ba|nal|ize — «BAY nuh lyz, BAN uh », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make banal; reduce to something commonplace or ordinary: »These traits of good character have been banalized by advertising (Scientific American). –ba´nal|i|za´tion, noun …
97bar|bar|i|an|ize — «bahr BAIR ee uh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make barbarian …
98bas|tard|ize — «BAS tuhr dyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make degenerate; debase: »Spanish craft has been bastardized by generations of artisans who each added their own elaborations (Wall Street Journal). 2. to declare or pronounce to be a bastard. –v.i …
99bes|se|mer|ize — «BEHS uh muh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat by the Bessemer process …
100bes|tial|ize — «BEHS chuh lyz, BEHST yuh », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make bestial; brutalize; debase. –bes´tial|i|za´tion, noun …
