| 单词 | agatize |
| 释义 | agatize in British English or agatise (ˈæɡəˌtaɪz) verb (transitive) 1. mineralogy to turn into agate 2. to make something resemble agate agatize in American English (ˈæɡəˌtaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing to change into or make like agate Also, esp. Brit.: agatise Word origin [agate + -ize]-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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