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appetise

appetise verb: to whet the appetite.

Verb

appetise (third-person singular simple present appetises, present participle appetising, simple past and past participle appetised)

  1. (rare) To whet the appetite.

Forms of appetise

third-person singular presentappetises
present participleappetising
past participleappetised
pastappetised
alternative formappetize

Origin of appetise

Back-formation from appetising.

Questions about appetise

What does appetise mean?
Appetise means to whet the appetite.
What part of speech is appetise?
Appetise is a verb.
What is the past tense of appetise?
The past tense of appetise is appetised.

Words near appetise in the dictionary

  1. appetently
  2. appetetive
  3. appetibility
  4. appetible
  5. appetibleness
  6. appetise
  7. appetised
  8. appetiser
  9. appetisers
  10. appetises
  11. appetising

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