or -ise
■ suffix forming verbs meaning:
1》 make or become: privatize.
↘cause to resemble: Americanize.
2》 treat in a specified way: pasteurize.
↘treat or cause to combine with a specified substance: carbonize.
3》 follow a specified practice: agonize.
↘subject to a practice: hospitalize.
Derivatives
-ization suffix .
~r suffix .
Origin
from Fr. -iser , via late L. -izare from Gk verbs ending in ~in .
Usage
The forms ~ and -ise are, in many cases, straightforward spelling variants. However, the -ise spelling is obligatory in certain cases: first, where it forms part of a larger word element, such as -mise in compromise ; and second, in verbs corresponding to nouns with -s- in the stem, such as advertise and televise .