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facilize

facilize verb: to make something easy; to facilitate.

Verb

facilize (third-person singular simple present facilizes, present participle facilizing, simple past and past participle facilized)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To make something easy; to facilitate.
    • Wherefore in these, it is behooffull not to worke for proper commoditie, but for publike benefit; for that in this maner euery one as interessed, doe agree to effect and facilize the obtaining of that good which is desired.1607, Edward Blount, Ars alica: or the courtiers arte, page 2

Forms of facilize

third-person singular presentfacilizes
present participlefacilizing
past participlefacilized
pastfacilized
alternative formfacilise

Origin of facilize

From facile + -ize, originally after Italian facilitare.

Questions about facilize

What does facilize mean?
Facilize means to make something easy; to facilitate.
What part of speech is facilize?
Facilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of facilize?
The past tense of facilize is facilized.

Words near facilize in the dictionary

  1. facility time
  2. facility trip
  3. facility trips
  4. facilization
  5. facilizations
  6. facilize
  7. facilized
  8. facilizes
  9. facilizing
  10. facing
  11. facing down

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