II. -ize (
also -ise British English) /aɪz/
suffix [in verbs][
Language: Old French;
Origin: -iser, from Late Latin -izare, from Greek -izein]
1. to make something have more of a particular quality:
We need to modernize our procedures. (=make them more modern) Americanized spelling (=spelling made more American) privatized transport (=bus or train services that are owned and operated by private companies)2. to change something to something else, or be changed to something else:
The liquid crystallized (=turned into crystals).3. to speak or think in the way mentioned:
to soliloquize (=speak a soliloquy, to yourself) I sat and listened to him sermonizing (=speaking solemnly, as if in a sermon).4. to put into a particular place:
She was hospitalized after the accident. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
car‧bon‧ize (
also ise British English) /ˈkɑːbənaɪz $ ˈkɑːr-/
verb [intransitive and transitive] to change or make something change into
carbon by burning it without air
—carbonized adjective—carbonization /ˌkɑːbənaɪˈzeɪʃ
ən $ ˌkɑːrbənə-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲