adventurize
adventurize verb: to make into an adventure; to give adventurous characteristics to.
Verb
adventurize (third-person singular simple present adventurizes, present participle adventurizing, simple past and past participle adventurized)
- To make into an adventure; to give adventurous characteristics to.
- I recall my friend, the late Charles Jeffries, who heard I was trying to adventurize Canada's past years, and who came down to the office one afternoon and yarned for a couple of hours, chain-smoking as he always did.1952, Canadian Author and Bookman, volumes 28-31
- Serendipity adventurizes and romanticizes objects of desire, endowing the experience of their acquisition with a vicarious thrill.1962, Puzant Kevork Thomajan, Advertigo, page 32
Forms of adventurize
| third-person singular present | adventurizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | adventurizing |
| past participle | adventurized |
| past | adventurized |
Origin of adventurize
From adventure + -ize.
Questions about adventurize
- What does adventurize mean?
- Adventurize means to make into an adventure; to give adventurous characteristics to.
- What part of speech is adventurize?
- Adventurize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of adventurize?
- The past tense of adventurize is adventurized.
Words near adventurize in the dictionary
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