lo|cal|ize — «LOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make local; fix in, assign, or limit to a particular place or locality: »The infection seemed to be localized in the foot. SYNONYM(S): place. –v.i. to become localized. –lo´cal|iz´a|ble, adjective.… … Useful english dictionary
fo|cal|ize — «FOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to focus: a) to bring (rays of light, heat, or other radiation) into focus. b) Figurative: »The information about sales is focalized in the company s main office and put before the sales manager. 2. to… … Useful english dictionary
chem|i|cal|ize — «KEHM uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat with a chemical or chemicals: »The loaf we buy at the grocer s has been chemicalized, first by the miller and then by the baker (Atlantic). –chem´i|cal|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
de|ra|di|cal|ize — «dee RAD uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to cause to abandon or retreat from radicalism: »Today Obst s cigars are longer than his hair, and he admits that hobnobbing with publishing fat cats has tended to deradicalize him (Newsweek).… … Useful english dictionary
de|vo|cal|ize — «dee VOH kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. Phonetics. to deprive of vocal or sonant qualities; unvoice. –de|vo´cal|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
the|at|ri|cal|ize — «thee AT ruh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make theatrical; put in dramatic form; dramatize: »Folk dance purists, therefore, may find his dances too…theatricalized for their tastes (Newsweek). –the|at´ri|cal|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
cler|i|cal|ize — «KLEHR uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to render clerical; exalt the influence of the clergy in: »Socialists accused Catholics of trying to “clericalize” the predominantly Catholic nation (Newsweek) … Useful english dictionary
de|lo|cal|ize — «dee LOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to detach or remove from the proper or usual locality; free from local limitations: »We can have no St. Simons or Pepyses till we have a Paris or London to delocalize our gossip and give it historic … Useful english dictionary
me|chan|i|cal|ize — «muh KAN uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make mechanical … Useful english dictionary
med|i|cal|ize — «MEHD uh kuhl yz», transitive verb to treat like a disease, especially by prescribing drugs: »Medicalizing every little ache and pain turns more and more people into patients … Useful english dictionary
