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angelise

angelise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of angelize.

Meaning of angelize

Verb

angelize (third-person singular simple present angelizes, present participle angelizing, simple past and past participle angelized)

  1. (transitive) To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
    • W. Taylor
      It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man.
    Synonyms:
    angelify

Synonyms of angelise

Forms of angelise

third-person singular presentangelises
present participleangelising
past participleangelised
pastangelised
alternative formangelize

Origin of angelise

From angel + -ise.

Words formed from angelise

  • angelisation

Questions about angelise

What is angelise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Angelise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of angelize.

Words near angelise in the dictionary

  1. Angelino
  2. Angelino Heights
  3. Angelinos
  4. angelique
  5. angeliques
  6. angelise
  7. angelised
  8. angelises
  9. angelising
  10. angelism
  11. angelist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: angelise (page history and authors); angelize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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