autumnize
autumnize verb: to prepare (something) for autumn weather.
Verb
autumnize (third-person singular simple present autumnizes, present participle autumnizing, simple past and past participle autumnized)
- To prepare (something) for autumn weather.
- To give the appearance of autumn; to make autumnal.
- I like to set the Thanksgiving table and autumnize the house almost as much as I like to cook the Thanksgiving dinner.2013, Bonny Wolf, Talking with My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories, page 130
- When first the maple begins to autumnize the grove, the extremities of the boughs alone change their colour, but all the internal and more sheltered parts still retain their verdure.1829, John Leonard Knapp, The Journal of a Naturalist, page 106
Forms of autumnize
| third-person singular present | autumnizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | autumnizing |
| past participle | autumnized |
| past | autumnized |
| alternative form | autumnise |
Origin of autumnize
From autumn + -ize.
Questions about autumnize
- What does autumnize mean?
- Autumnize means to prepare (something) for autumn weather.
- What part of speech is autumnize?
- Autumnize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of autumnize?
- The past tense of autumnize is autumnized.
Words near autumnize in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: autumnize (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “autumnize.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/autumnize. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.