| FOCALIZE | • focalize v. To focus, or to adjust a focus. • focalize v. To sharpen an image by focusing. • focalize v. To concentrate on a particular location; to localize. |
| LOCALIZE | • localize v. (Transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. • localize v. (Software engineering, marketing) To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically… • localize v. (Translation studies, chiefly software, marketing) To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate. |
| VOCALIZE | • vocalize v. To express with the voice, to utter. • vocalize v. (Of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat. • vocalize v. (Music) To sing without using words. |
| SULCALIZE | • SULCALIZE v. to furrow, also SULCALISE. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| LEXICALIZE | • lexicalize v. (Transitive) To convert to a single lexical unit, as a group of words with meaning beyond their parts. • LEXICALIZE v. to put into a lexicon, also LEXICALISE. |
| MEDICALIZE | • medicalize v. (Transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine. • MEDICALIZE v. to consider or treat in medical terms, also MEDICALISE. |
| MUSICALIZE | • musicalize v. Alternative spelling of musicalise. • MUSICALIZE v. to make musical, also MUSICALISE. |
| RADICALIZE | • radicalize v. (Transitive) To make radical. • radicalize v. (Intransitive) To become radical; to adopt a radical political stance. • RADICALIZE v. to make or become radical, also RADICALISE. |
| PARFOCALIZE | • parfocalize v. (Transitive) To make parfocal. • PARFOCALIZE v. to make parfocal, also PARFOCALISE. |
| PHYSICALIZE | • physicalize v. To express using movements of the body. • physicalize v. To interpret in a physical manner, or using physical concepts. |
| SUBVOCALIZE | • subvocalize v. (Transitive, intransitive) To form (words or statements) in thought and express them inwardly without… • SUBVOCALIZE v. to say below the breath, also SUBVOCALISE. |
| TROPICALIZE | • tropicalize v. To modify something (such as electronic equipment) for use in the tropics, especially by making it resistant… • TROPICALIZE v. to make tropical, also TROPICALISE. |
| POLITICALIZE | • politicalize v. (Transitive) To make political; to politicize. • POLITICALIZE v. to make political, also POLITICALISE. |
| TECHNICALIZE | • technicalize v. (Transitive) To make technical. • TECHNICALIZE v. to give a technical slant to, also TECHNICALISE. |
| THEATRICALIZE | • theatricalize v. (Transitive) To render suitable for the theatre. • THEATRICALIZE v. to adapt to the theatre, also THEATRICALISE. |