单词 | phenomenalize |
释义 | phenomenalize in British English or phenomenalise (fɪˈnɒmɪnəˌlaɪz), phenomenize or phenomenise (fɪˈnɒmɪˌnaɪz) verb (transitive) to cause to be phenomenal or to depict as phenomenal phenomenalize in American English (fɪˈnɑmənlˌaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing Philosophy to regard or interpret as a phenomenon Also: phenomenize (fɪˈnɑməˌnaiz), esp Brit phenomenalise, phenomenise Word origin [1865–70; phenomenal + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, dunk, tick-tack-toe, valence-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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