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• aerobicize — verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1981 transitive verb to bring to good physical condition through aerobics intransitive verb to engage in aerobics …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aestheticize — also estheticize transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1864 to make aesthetic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• anglicize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Usage: often capitalized Date: 1710 1. to make English in quality or characteristics 2. to adapt (a foreign word, name, or phrase) to English usage: as a. to alter to a characteristic English form, sound, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• arabicize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Usage: often capitalized Date: 1869 1. to adapt (a language or elements of a language) to the phonetic or structural pattern of Arabic 2. Arabize 1 • arabicization noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• classicize — verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1854 transitive verb to make classic or classical intransitive verb to follow classic style …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cosmeticize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1824 to make (something unpleasant or ugly) superficially attractive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• criticize — verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1643 intransitive verb to act as a critic transitive verb 1. to consider the merits and demerits of and judge accordingly ; evaluate 2. to find fault with ; point out …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• eroticize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Date: circa 1914 to make erotic < eroticize the male image > • eroticization noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• exorcise — also exorcize transitive verb ( cised; also cized; cising; also cizing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French exorciscer, from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath Date …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fanaticize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1812 to cause to become fanatic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gallicize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Usage: often capitalized Date: 1773 to cause to conform to a French mode or idiom • gallicization noun, often capitalized …   New Collegiate Dictionary