Words that rhyme with sanitize
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advertise
v 1: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" [syn: advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise] 2: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise, advertize, promote, push] -
chastise
v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] -
demise
n 1: the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying, demise] [ant: birth] v 1: transfer by a lease or by a will -
despise
v 1: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn, disdain] -
eyes
n 1: opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes" -
flies
n 1: (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) -
fries
n 1: strips of potato fried in deep fat [syn: french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips] -
guise
n 1: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: guise, pretense, pretence, pretext] -
incise
v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting -
prize
adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select] n 1: something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe" [syn: prize, award] 2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money] 3: something given as a token of victory [syn: trophy, prize] v 1: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: prize, value, treasure, appreciate] 2: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy] 3: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect] -
revise
n 1: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript] v 1: make revisions in; "revise a thesis" 2: revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy" [syn: retool, revise] -
rise
n 1: a growth in strength or number or importance [ant: downfall, fall] 2: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascent, ascension, ascending] 3: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 4: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall] 5: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] 6: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises [syn: upgrade, rise, rising slope] 7: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn: lift, rise] 8: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" [syn: emanation, rise, procession] 9: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" [syn: rise, boost, hike, cost increase] 10: increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" [syn: advance, rise] v 1: 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] 2: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb] 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: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: rise, lift, rear] 5: come to the surface [syn: surface, come up, rise up, rise] 6: 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] 7: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn: ascend, move up, rise] 8: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 9: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: heighten, rise] 10: 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] 11: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up] 12: become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news" 13: exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion" 14: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 15: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" [syn: rise, prove] 16: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set] 17: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise] -
size
adj 1: (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house" n 1: the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" 2: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" 3: any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" [syn: size, sizing] 4: the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" [syn: size, size of it] 5: a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" v 1: cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) 2: sort according to size 3: make to a size; bring to a suitable size -
surmise
n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] v 1: infer from incomplete evidence 2: imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise] -
surprise
n 1: the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you 2: a sudden unexpected event 3: the act of surprising someone [syn: surprise, surprisal] v 1: cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" 2: come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene" 3: attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm, surprise] -
unwise
adj 1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished" 2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise] -
wise
adj 1: having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" [ant: foolish] 2: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" [syn: judicious, wise, heady] 3: evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)] 4: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise] n 1: a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" 2: United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) [syn: Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise] 3: United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900) [syn: Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise] -
baptize
v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen] -
digitize
v 1: put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data" [syn: digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise] -
amortize
v 1: liquidate gradually [syn: amortize, amortise] -
concretize
v 1: make something concrete 2: become specific; "the idea concretized in her mind" [syn: concretize, concretise] -
deputize
v 1: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" [syn: substitute, deputize, deputise, step in] 2: appoint as a substitute [syn: depute, deputize, deputise] -
dogmatize
v 1: state as a dogma [syn: dogmatize, dogmatise] 2: speak dogmatically [syn: dogmatize, dogmatise] -
dramatize
v 1: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" [syn: dramatize, dramatise, adopt] 2: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" [syn: dramatize, dramatise] 3: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise] -
fragmentize
v 1: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise] -
hypnotize
v 1: induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise] -
magnetize
v 1: make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings" [syn: magnetize, magnetise] [ant: degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize] 2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind] -
monetize
v 1: give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country; "They monetized the lira" [syn: monetize, monetise] -
narcotize
v 1: administer narcotics to [syn: narcotize, narcotise] -
poetize
v 1: compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" [syn: verse, versify, poetize, poetise] -
privatize
v 1: change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" [syn: privatize, privatise] -
schematize
v 1: formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula; "The chemists schematized the various reactions in a coherent fashion" 2: give conventional form to; "some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns" [syn: schematize, schematise] -
sensitize
v 1: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" [syn: sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise] [ant: desensitise, desensitize] 2: cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male- dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] [ant: desensitise, desensitize] 3: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] 4: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] -
stigmatize
v 1: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 2: mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise] -
syncretize
v 1: become fused [syn: syncretize, syncretise] 2: unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) [syn: syncretize, syncretise] -
traumatize
v 1: inflict a trauma upon [syn: traumatize, traumatise, shock] -
acclimatize
v 1: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" [syn: acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate] -
achromatize
v 1: remove color from; "achromatize the lenses" [syn: achromatize, achromatise] -
alphabetize
v 1: arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list" [syn: alphabetize, alphabetise] 2: provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" -
anaesthetize
v 1: administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" [syn: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out] [ant: bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to] -
anesthetize
v 1: administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" [syn: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out] [ant: bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to] -
apostatize
v 1: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate] -
aromatize
v 1: fill or impregnate with an odor; "orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden" [syn: perfume, aromatize, aromatise] -
automatize
v 1: turn into an automaton [syn: automatize, automatise] 2: make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" [syn: automatize, automatise, automate] -
demagnetize
v 1: erase (a magnetic storage device) [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise] 2: make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship" [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss] [ant: magnetise, magnetize] -
democratize
v 1: become (more) democratic; of nations [syn: democratize, democratise] 2: introduce democratic reforms; of nations [syn: democratize, democratise] -
demonetize
v 1: deprive of value for payment; "demonetize a coin" [syn: demonetize, demonetise] -
desensitize
v 1: cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensitise, sensitize] 2: make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize] -
hypostatize
v 1: construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity [syn: hypostatize, hypostatise] -
prioritize
v 1: assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" [syn: prioritize, prioritise] -
proselytize
v 1: convert to another faith or religion [syn: proselytize, proselytise] -
systematize
v 1: arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge" [syn: systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise] -
anathematize
v 1: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment [syn: accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise] -
legitimatize
v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise] [ant: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw] -
quantize
v 1: approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values [syn: quantize, quantise] 2: apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize gravity" [syn: quantize, quantise] -
ayes
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dies
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guys
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highs
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implies
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lies
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pies
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skies
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spies
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supplies
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ties
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tries
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ais
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expertize
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graphitize
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necrotize
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pragmatize
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robotize
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sabbatize
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diplomatize
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parasitize
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remonetize
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securitize
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mithridatize
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phagocytize
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