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| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | -iser, from Late Latin -izare, from Greek -izein |
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-ize also -ise British English
[in verbs]
[in verbs]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)
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 )
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)
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.
She was hospitalized after the accident.