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italicise

/ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/

italicise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of italicize.

Meaning of italicize

Verb

italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized)

  1. (transitive) To put into italics.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To emphasize.

Forms of italicise

third-person singular presentitalicises
present participleitalicising
past participleitalicised
pastitalicised

Origin of italicise

From italic + -ise.

Words formed from italicise

Questions about italicise

What is italicise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Italicise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of italicize.
How do you pronounce italicise?
Italicise is pronounced /ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/.

Words near italicise in the dictionary

  1. italic
  2. Italical
  3. italically
  4. italicisation
  5. italicisations
  6. italicise
  7. italicised
  8. italicises
  9. italicising
  10. italicism
  11. italicisms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: italicise (page history and authors); italicize (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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