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conservatize

conservatize verb: to make or become conservative.

Verb

conservatize (third-person singular simple present conservatizes, present participle conservatizing, simple past and past participle conservatized)

  1. To make or become conservative.
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Forms of conservatize

third-person singular presentconservatizes
present participleconservatizing
past participleconservatized
pastconservatized
alternative formconservatise

Origin of conservatize

From conservative + -ize.

Words formed from conservatize

Questions about conservatize

What does conservatize mean?
Conservatize means to make or become conservative.
What part of speech is conservatize?
Conservatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of conservatize?
The past tense of conservatize is conservatized.

Words near conservatize in the dictionary

  1. conservativism
  2. conservativisms
  3. conservativitis
  4. conservativity
  5. conservatization
  6. conservatize
  7. conservatized
  8. conservatizes
  9. conservatizing
  10. conservatoire
  11. conservatoires

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