SOME WORDS ENDING IN -ISE or -IZE
Reading edition
The following spellings are those adopted for The Oxford Dictionary:
actualize advertise advise affranchise aggrandize agonize alcoholize alkalize anathematize anatomize anglicize apologize apostrophize apprise (to inform) apprize (to appraise) authorize baptize brutalize canonize capitalize capsize carbonize catechize categorize catholicize cauterize centralize characterize chastise christianize cicatrize
circumcise civilize collodionize colonize communize comprise compromise contrariwise conventionalize corporealize criticize crystallize demise demoralize deodorize desilverize despise devise discolorize disfranchise disguise disorganize dogmatize dualize economize emphasize emprise enfranchise enterprise epigrammatize epitomize
equalize eternize etherealize etymologize eulogize euphonize evangelize excise exercise exorcize experimentalize extemporize familiarize feminize fertilize formalize fossilize franchise fraternize gallicize galvanize generalize germanize gormandize gothicize graecize harmonize hebraize hellenize hibernize humanize hydrogenize hypnotize idealize idolize immortalize improvise incise
italicize jacobinize japanize jeopardize kyanize laicize latinize legalize legitimatize liberalize localize macadamize magnetize mainprize manumise materialize memorialize memorize merchandise mesmerize methodize minimize misadvise mobilize modernize monetize monopolize moralize nasalize nationalize naturalize neutralize neologize normalize organize ostracize oxidize ozonize
paganize particularize patronize pauperize penalize philosophize plagiarize pluralize polarize popularize premise prise up (to) prize (a) pulverize rationalize realize recognize reorganize reprise revolutionize rhapsodize romanize satirize scandalize scrutinize secularize seise (in law) seize (to grasp) sensitize signalize silverize
solemnize soliloquize specialize spiritualize sterilize stigmatize subsidize summarize supervise surmise surprise syllogize symbolize sympathize syndicalize synthesize systematize tantalize temporize terrorize theorize tranquillize tyrannize utilize ventriloquize victimize villanize visualize vitalize vocalize vulgarize
