Words that rhyme with dehumanize
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advise
v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: rede, advise, counsel] 2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise] -
allies
n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers 3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy -
aluminise
v 1: cover with aluminum [syn: aluminize, aluminise] -
apprise
v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate] -
arise
v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow] 2: originate or come into being; "a question arose" [syn: arise, come up, bob up] 3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down] 4: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" [syn: arise, come up] 5: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down] 6: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 7: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in] -
assize
n 1: the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale 2: an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property -
chastise
v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] -
comprise
v 1: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn: consist, comprise] 2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise] 3: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] -
baptize
v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen] -
apprize
v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate] -
humanize
v 1: make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city" [syn: humanize, humanise] [ant: dehumanise, dehumanize] -
patronize
v 1: assume sponsorship of [syn: sponsor, patronize, patronise] 2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott] 3: treat condescendingly [syn: patronize, patronise, condescend] 4: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going] -
recognize
v 1: accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know] 2: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise] 3: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart] 4: perceive to be the same [syn: recognize, recognise] 5: grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" [syn: accredit, recognize, recognise] 6: express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: greet, recognize, recognise] 7: express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise] 8: exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) 9: show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" [syn: recognize, recognise] -
romanize
v 1: write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" [syn: Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, Latinise] -
sermonize
v 1: speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes" [syn: sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise] -
simonize
v 1: polish with wax; "The motorcycle has been Simonized" [syn: Simonize, Simonise] -
solemnize
v 1: observe or perform with dignity or gravity; "The King solemnized this day of morning" [syn: solemnize, solemnise] 2: perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies [syn: solemnize, solemnise] 3: make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts" [syn: solemnize, solemnise] -
synchronize
v 1: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" [syn: synchronize, synchronise, sync] [ant: desynchronise, desynchronize] 2: happen at the same time [syn: synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise] 3: make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" [syn: synchronize, synchronise] 4: arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" [syn: synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise] 5: operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize" [syn: synchronize, synchronise] 6: cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches" [syn: synchronize, synchronise] -
unionize
v 1: recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" [syn: unionize, unionise] 2: form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" [syn: unionize, unionise, organize, organise] -
urbanize
v 1: make more industrial or city-like; "The area was urbanized after many people moved in" [syn: urbanize, urbanise] 2: impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon; "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them" [syn: urbanize, urbanise] -
westernize
v 1: make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up" [syn: occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise] [ant: orientalise, orientalize] -
womanize
v 1: have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years" [syn: philander, womanize, womanise] 2: to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man" [syn: feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize] -
aluminize
v 1: cover with aluminum [syn: aluminize, aluminise] -
antagonize
v 1: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" [syn: antagonize, antagonise] 2: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract] -
attitudinize
v 1: assume certain affected attitudes [syn: attitudinize, attitudinise] -
decarbonize
v 1: remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke] -
decolonize
v 1: grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" [syn: decolonize, decolonise] [ant: colonise, colonize] -
deionize
v 1: remove ions from -
desalinize
v 1: remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise] [ant: salinate] -
suburbanize
v 1: take on suburban character; "the city suburbanized" [syn: suburbanize, suburbanise] 2: make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities" [syn: suburbanize, suburbanise] -
vitaminize
v 1: add vitamins as a supplement; "vitaminized processed foods" [syn: vitaminize, vitaminise] -
americanize
v 1: make American in character; "The year in the US has completely Americanized him" [syn: Americanize, Americanise] 2: become American in character; "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized" [syn: Americanize, Americanise] -
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belies
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buys
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complies
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cries
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decries
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peptonize
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preconize
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recolonize
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civilianize
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sectarianize
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lanais
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