| BOWDLERIZE | • bowdlerize v. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. • Bowdlerize v. Alternative form of bowdlerize. • BOWDLERIZE v. to purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material, also BOWDLERISE. |
| DECOLONIZE | • decolonize v. (Transitive) To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent. • DECOLONIZE v. to release from being a colony, grant independence to, also DECOLONISE. |
| DECOLORIZE | • decolorize v. (US, transitive) To remove the color from. • decolorize v. (US, intransitive) To lose one’s color. • DECOLORIZE v. to remove the colour from, also DECOLORISE, DECOLOURISE, DECOLOURIZE. |
| DELOCALIZE | • delocalize v. To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global). • delocalize v. (Chemistry) To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms. • delocalize v. (Biology) To remove from a locality. |
| DEMOBILIZE | • demobilize v. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war. • demobilize v. To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing. • DEMOBILIZE v. to disband e.g. soldiers, also DEMOBILISE. |
| DEMORALIZE | • demoralize v. To destroy the morale of; to dishearten. • demoralize v. (Dated) To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt. • DEMORALIZE v. to corrupt the morals of, also DEMORALISE. |
| DEPOLARIZE | • depolarize v. (Transitive) To remove the polarization from something. • depolarize v. (Transitive) To demagnetize. • DEPOLARIZE v. to remove the polarity from, also DEPOLARISE. |
| DEVALORIZE | • devalorize v. To devalue. • DEVALORIZE v. to devalue, also DEVALORISE. |
| DEVOCALIZE | • devocalize v. (Transitive) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality. • devocalize v. (Transitive) To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue… • DEVOCALIZE v. to make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality, also DEVOCALISE. |
| DONEPEZILS | • DONEPEZIL n. a drug used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
| EPILOGIZED | • epilogized v. Simple past tense and past participle of epilogize. • EPILOGIZE v. to speak or write an epilogue, also EPILOGISE. |
| GEOLOGIZED | • geologized v. Simple past tense and past participle of geologize. • GEOLOGIZE v. to engage in geology, also GEOLOGISE. |
| GOSPELIZED | • gospelized v. Simple past tense and past participle of gospelize. • GOSPELIZE v. to evangelize; to square with gospel, also GOSPELISE, GOSPELLISE, GOSPELLIZE. |
| IDEOLOGIZE | • ideologize v. (Transitive) To turn into an ideology. • IDEOLOGIZE v. to render ideological, also IDEOLOGISE. |
| MELODIZERS | • melodizers n. Plural of melodizer. • MELODIZER n. one who melodizes, also MELODISER. |
| NEOLOGIZED | • neologized v. Simple past tense and past participle of neologize. • NEOLOGIZE v. to introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words, also NEOLOGISE. |
| POWELLIZED | • powellized v. Simple past tense and past participle of powellize. • POWELLIZE v. to season and preserve timbers by soaking them in a saccharine solution, also POWELLISE. |
| SOLEMNIZED | • solemnized v. Simple past tense and past participle of solemnize. • SOLEMNIZE v. to make solemn, also SOLEMNISE. |