| CHARACTERIZE | • characterize v. (Transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative). • characterize v. (Transitive) To be typical of. • characterize v. (Transitive) To determine the characteristics of. |
| CONTAINERIZE | • containerize v. (Transitive) To transport (cargo) in large, standard containers. • containerize v. (Transitive) To modify (a ship or industry) to use such containers. • containerize v. (Computing, transitive) To run an application in a software container. |
| CONTEMPORIZE | • contemporize v. To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context. • contemporize v. (Marketing) To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way that… • CONTEMPORIZE v. to make contemporary, also CONTEMPORISE. |
| COPOLYMERIZE | • copolymerize v. (Chemistry) To polymerize so as to form a copolymer. • COPOLYMERIZE v. to make into a copolymer, also COPOLYMERISE. |
| DEMILITARIZE | • demilitarize v. To remove troops from an area. • demilitarize v. To prevent troops from entering an area. • demilitarize v. To return an area to civilian control. |
| DEMONETARIZE | • demonetarize v. (Transitive) To withdraw the monetary status of. • DEMONETARIZE v. to abandon as a monetary standard, also DEMONETARISE. |
| DENUCLEARIZE | • denuclearize v. (Transitive) To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area. • DENUCLEARIZE v. to make nonnuclear, also DENUCLEARISE. |
| DEPOLYMERIZE | • depolymerize v. (Chemistry) To decompose a polymer into smaller fragments. • DEPOLYMERIZE v. to break a large molecule into simpler ones that have the same basic formula, also DEPOLYMERISE. |
| DEPRESSURIZE | • depressurize v. (Transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber. • depressurize v. (Intransitive) To have the pressure of one’s environmental atmosphere reduced. • DEPRESSURIZE v. to reduce the air pressure in esp. suddenly, also DEPRESSURISE. |
| DESULPHURIZE | • desulphurize v. (Oxford) Alternative spelling of desulfurize (American spelling). • DESULPHURIZE v. to remove the sulphur from a compound, also DESULFURISE, DESULFURIZE, DESULPHURISE. |
| DISAUTHORIZE | • disauthorize v. (Transitive) To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. • DISAUTHORIZE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORISE. |
| DISPAUPERIZE | • dispauperize v. (Transitive, obsolete) To free from pauperism, or from paupers. • DISPAUPERIZE v. to free from pauperdom, also DISPAUPERISE. |
| MISSIONARIZE | • missionarize v. Alternative form of missionaryize. • MISSIONARIZE v. to do missionary work, also MISSIONARISE, MISSIONISE, MISSIONIZE. |
| PARAMETERIZE | • parameterize v. (Transitive) To describe in terms of parameters. • parameterize v. (Databases, programming, transitive) To rewrite (A database query, etc.) as a template into which parameters… • PARAMETERIZE v. to set parameters for, also PARAMETERISE. |
| PREAUTHORIZE | • preauthorize v. To authorize in advance. |
| RECATEGORIZE | • recategorize v. To categorize again, to put in a new or different category. |
| REFLECTORIZE | • reflectorize v. (US, traffic, transitive) To make reflective. • REFLECTORIZE v. to make reflecting, also REFLECTORISE. |
| REMILITARIZE | • remilitarize v. (Transitive) To militarize (a demilitarized area) again. • REMILITARIZE v. to militarize again, also REMILITARISE. |
| REPOPULARIZE | • repopularize v. (US, transitive) To make popular again. • REPOPULARIZE v. to popularize again, also REPOPULARISE. |
| REPRESSURIZE | • repressurize v. To return to a pressurized state, especially after being depressurized. • REPRESSURIZE v. to pressurize again, also REPRESSURISE. |