| CANTONIZE | • cantonize v. (Transitive) To divide into cantons or small districts. • CANTONIZE v. to divide (a town etc.) into separate regions according to the religion or ethnic origins of the inhabitants, also CANTONISE. |
| CARBONIZE | • carbonize v. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken. • carbonize v. (Chemistry) To react something with carbon. • CARBONIZE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONISE. |
| DRAGONIZE | • dragonize v. (Transitive) To turn into a dragon. • dragonize v. (Transitive, rare) To guard attentively; to watch over. • DRAGONIZE v. to turn into a dragon, also DRAGONISE. |
| EUPHONIZE | • euphonize v. (Transitive) To make euphonic. • EUPHONIZE v. to make euphonic, pleasant sounding, also EUPHONISE. |
| GORGONIZE | • gorgonize v. (Transitive) To stupefy, paralyze or petrify. • GORGONIZE v. to have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on, to petrify, also GORGONISE. |
| HARMONIZE | • harmonize v. (Intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement. • harmonize v. (Intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony. • harmonize v. (Transitive, music) To provide parts to. |
| JARGONIZE | • jargonize v. (Intransitive) To speak or write using jargon. • jargonize v. (Transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon. • JARGONIZE v. to express in jargon, also JARGONISE. |
| MATRONIZE | • matronize v. (Transitive) To make a matron of; to make matron-like. • matronize v. (Transitive) To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone. • matronize v. (Transitive, sometimes derogatory) To criticize from a feminist perspective. |
| MICRONIZE | • micronize v. (US) Alternative spelling of micronise. • MICRONIZE v. to reduce to a few microns in diameter, also MICRONISE. |
| PATRONIZE | • patronize v. (Transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support. • patronize v. (Transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer. • patronize v. (Transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly. |
| PEPTONIZE | • peptonize v. (Physiology, biochemistry) To convert a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin. • PEPTONIZE v. to make (a protein) soluble by partial predigestion, esp. in the treatment of food, also PEPTONISE. |
| PERSONIZE | • personize v. (Archaic) To personify. • PERSONIZE v. to personify, also PERSONISE. |
| PRECONIZE | • preconize v. To proclaim in public; especially (of the Pope) to announce the appointment of a bishop. • PRECONIZE v. to proclaim; to summon publicly; (of the Pope) to proclaim and ratify the election of as bishop, also PRECONISE. |
| SERMONIZE | • sermonize v. (Intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one’s morality or opinions with speech. • sermonize v. (Transitive) To preach a sermon to (somebody); to give (somebody) instruction or admonishment on the… • sermonize v. (Transitive) To say in the manner of a sermon or lecture. |
| SYNTONIZE | • syntonize v. (Electronics) To adjust two electronic circuits or devices to operate on the same frequency. • SYNTONIZE v. to adjust to agree in frequency, also SYNTONISE. |
| TEUTONIZE | • Teutonize v. (Transitive) To make Teutonic. • Teutonize v. (Intransitive) To become Teutonic. • TEUTONIZE v. to render German, also TEUTONISE. |
| WANTONIZE | • wantonize v. (Intransitive) To be wanton; to indulge in lewdness, flirtation or lasciviousness. • WANTONIZE v. (archaic) to play the wanton, also WANTONISE. |
| WEAPONIZE | • weaponize v. (Transitive) To make into a weapon. • weaponize v. (Transitive) To make more effective as a weapon. • WEAPONIZE v. to adapt a chemical, bacillus etc. for use as a weapon, also WEAPONISE. |