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docilize

docilize verb: to make docile.

Verb

docilize (third-person singular simple present docilizes, present participle docilizing, simple past and past participle docilized)

  1. (transitive) To make docile.

Forms of docilize

third-person singular presentdocilizes
present participledocilizing
past participledocilized
pastdocilized

Origin of docilize

From docile + -ize.

Questions about docilize

What does docilize mean?
Docilize means to make docile.
What part of speech is docilize?
Docilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of docilize?
The past tense of docilize is docilized.

Words near docilize in the dictionary

  1. dociler
  2. docilest
  3. docilities
  4. docility
  5. docilization
  6. docilize
  7. docilized
  8. docilizes
  9. docilizing
  10. docilly
  11. docimacy

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