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cordialize

cordialize verb: to make cordial.

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 cordialize

third-person singular presentcordializes
present participlecordializing
past participlecordialized
pastcordialized

Origin of cordialize

From cordial + -ize.

Questions about cordialize

What does cordialize mean?
Cordialize means to make cordial.
What part of speech is cordialize?
Cordialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cordialize?
The past tense of cordialize is cordialized.

Words near cordialize in the dictionary

  1. cordialised
  2. cordialises
  3. cordialising
  4. cordialities
  5. cordiality
  6. cordialize
  7. cordialized
  8. cordializes
  9. cordializing
  10. cordially
  11. cordialness

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