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appetize

appetize verb: to whet the appetite.

Verb

appetize (third-person singular simple present appetizes, present participle appetizing, simple past and past participle appetized)

  1. (rare) To whet the appetite.

Forms of appetize

third-person singular presentappetizes
present participleappetizing
past participleappetized
pastappetized
alternative formappetise

Origin of appetize

Back-formation from appetizing.

Words formed from appetize

Questions about appetize

What does appetize mean?
Appetize means to whet the appetite.
What part of speech is appetize?
Appetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of appetize?
The past tense of appetize is appetized.

Words near appetize in the dictionary

  1. appetitious
  2. appetitive
  3. appetitively
  4. appetitiveness
  5. appetitost
  6. appetize
  7. appetized
  8. appetizer
  9. appetizers
  10. appetizes
  11. appetizing

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