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causticise

causticise is the alternative spelling of causticize.

Meaning of causticize

Verb

causticize (third-person singular simple present causticizes, present participle causticizing, simple past and past participle causticized)

  1. (transitive) To make caustic.

Forms of causticise

third-person singular presentcausticises
present participlecausticising
past participlecausticised
pastcausticised

Origin of causticise

From caustic + -ise.

Words formed from causticise

Questions about causticise

What is causticise the alternative spelling of?
Causticise is the alternative spelling of causticize.

Words near causticise in the dictionary

  1. caustically
  2. causticate
  3. causticated
  4. causticates
  5. causticating
  6. causticise
  7. causticised
  8. causticiser
  9. causticisers
  10. causticises
  11. causticising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: causticise (page history and authors); causticize (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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