-ISE


Meaning of -ISE in English

-ize , -ise suffix (in verbs)

1.

to become, make or make like :

privatize

fossilize

Americanize

2.

to speak, think, act, treat, etc. in the way mentioned :

criticize

theorize

deputize

pasteurize

3.

to place in :

hospitalize

►  -ization , -isation (in nouns):

immunization

►  -izationally , -isation (in adverbs):

organizationally

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.