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analyse
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v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
3: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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marginalize
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v 1: relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of
people; "We must not marginalize the poor in our society"
[syn: marginalize, marginalise]
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psychoanalyse
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v 1: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze,
analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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tantalize
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v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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analyze
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v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
3: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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channelize
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v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre,
direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise]
2: make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the
country for better transportation" [syn: channelize,
channelise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]
4: cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" [syn:
channelize, channelise]
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finalize
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v 1: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;
"let's finalize the proposal" [syn: finalize, finalise,
settle, nail down]
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penalize
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v 1: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students
were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to
punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish,
penalize, penalise]
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communalize
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v 1: make something the property of the commune or community
[syn: communalize, communalise]
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fictionalize
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v 1: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of
his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize,
fictionalise, retell]
2: convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author
novelized the historical event" [syn: novelize, novelise,
fictionalize, fictionalise]
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formalize
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v 1: make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and
gave him a title" [syn: formalize, formalise]
2: declare or make legally valid [syn: validate, formalize,
formalise] [ant: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify,
quash, void]
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internalize
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v 1: incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal;
"internalize a belief" [syn: internalize, internalise,
interiorize, interiorise]
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nationalize
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v 1: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand
nationalized the banks" [syn: nationalize, nationalise]
[ant: denationalise, denationalize]
2: make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were
nationalized by the press" [syn: nationalize,
nationalise]
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rationalize
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v 1: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by
reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy
behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn:
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify,
rationalize, rationalise]
2: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose
weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut,
prune, rationalize, rationalise]
3: structure and run according to rational or scientific
principles in order to achieve desired results; "We
rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
[syn: rationalize, rationalise]
4: think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders
why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
[syn: rationalize, rationalise]
5: remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be
rationalized" [syn: rationalize, rationalise]
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sectionalize
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v 1: divide into sections, especially into geographic sections;
"sectionalize a country" [syn: sectionalize,
sectionalise]
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caramelize
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v 1: be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized" [syn:
caramelize, caramelise]
2: convert to caramel [syn: caramelize, caramelise]
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criminalize
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v 1: treat as a criminal
2: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
U.S." [syn: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise,
illegalize, illegalise] [ant: decriminalise,
decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate,
legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize]
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decimalize
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v 1: change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be
decimalized in the year 2000" [syn: decimalize,
decimalise]
2: change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the
currency in 1975" [syn: decimalize, decimalise]
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personalize
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v 1: make personal or more personal; "personalized service"
[syn: personalize, personalise, individualize,
individualise] [ant: depersonalise, depersonalize,
objectify]
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canalize
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v 1: provide (a city) with a canal [syn: canal, canalize,
canalise]
2: direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad
audience" [syn: channel, canalize, canalise]
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ayes
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reanalyse
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ais
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journalize
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vernalize
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nominalize
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regionalize
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