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encephalise

encephalise is the alternative form of encephalize.

Meaning of encephalize

Verb

encephalize (third-person singular simple present encephalizes, present participle encephalizing, simple past and past participle encephalized)

  1. To migrate brain function from the subcortical centres to the cortex.
  2. (intransitive) To evolve a large head or brain.
  3. (rare, transitive) To place under control of the brain.

Forms of encephalise

third-person singular presentencephalises
present participleencephalising
past participleencephalised
pastencephalised

Questions about encephalise

What is encephalise the alternative form of?
Encephalise is the alternative form of encephalize.

Words near encephalise in the dictionary

  1. encephalemia
  2. encephalic
  3. encephalin
  4. encephalins
  5. encephalisation
  6. encephalise
  7. encephalised
  8. encephalises
  9. encephalising
  10. encephalitic
  11. encephalitides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encephalise (page history and authors); encephalize (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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