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fanaticize

fanaticize verb: to make into a fanatic.

Verb

fanaticize (third-person singular simple present fanaticizes, present participle fanaticizing, simple past and past participle fanaticized)

  1. (transitive) To make into a fanatic.
  2. (intransitive) To become fanatical.

Forms of fanaticize

third-person singular presentfanaticizes
present participlefanaticizing
past participlefanaticized
pastfanaticized
alternative formfanaticise

Origin of fanaticize

From fanatic + -ize.

Questions about fanaticize

What does fanaticize mean?
Fanaticize means to make into a fanatic.
What part of speech is fanaticize?
Fanaticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of fanaticize?
The past tense of fanaticize is fanaticized.

Words near fanaticize in the dictionary

  1. fanaticises
  2. fanaticising
  3. fanaticism
  4. fanaticisms
  5. fanaticization
  6. fanaticize
  7. fanaticized
  8. fanaticizes
  9. fanaticizing
  10. fanatick
  11. fanaticks

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