单词 | schillerize |
释义 | schillerize in British English or schillerise (ˈʃɪləˌraɪz) verb (transitive) mineralogy to subject (a crystal) to the schillerization process schillerize in American English (ˈʃɪləˌraiz) transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing to give a schiller to (a crystal) by developing microscopic inclusions along certain planes Also esp Brit schillerise Derived forms schillerization noun Word origin [1880–85; schiller + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, irredentist, pari-mutuel, quotation mark, rain check-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize) |
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