| 单词 | traditionalize |
| 释义 | traditionalize in British English or traditionalise (trəˈdɪʃənəˌlaɪz) verb to make or become traditional traditionalize in American English (trəˈdɪʃənlˌaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing to make traditional to traditionalize family reunions Also esp Brit traditionalise Word origin [1880–85; traditional + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, highball, impressionism, 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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