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cordialise

cordialise is the alternative form of cordialize.

Meaning of cordialize

Verb

cordialize (third-person singular simple present cordializes, present participle cordializing, simple past and past participle cordialized)

  1. (transitive) To make cordial.
    • to cordialize mankind
  2. (intransitive) To become friendly; to fraternize.
  3. (transitive) To make into a cordial.
    • cordialized brandy

Forms of cordialise

third-person singular presentcordialises
present participlecordialising
past participlecordialised
pastcordialised

Origin of cordialise

From cordial + -ise.

Questions about cordialise

What is cordialise the alternative form of?
Cordialise is the alternative form of cordialize.

Words near cordialise in the dictionary

  1. cordfactor
  2. cordgrass
  3. cordgrasses
  4. cordiaceous
  5. cordial
  6. cordialise
  7. cordialised
  8. cordialises
  9. cordialising
  10. cordialities
  11. cordiality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cordialise (page history and authors); cordialize (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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