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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)

  1. 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 presentadventurizes
present participleadventurizing
past participleadventurized
pastadventurized

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

  1. adventurism
  2. adventurisms
  3. adventurist
  4. adventuristic
  5. adventurists
  6. adventurize
  7. adventurized
  8. adventurizes
  9. adventurizing
  10. adventurous
  11. adventurous sport

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