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plasticise

plasticise is the alternative spelling of plasticize.

Meaning of plasticize

Verb

plasticize (third-person singular simple present plasticizes, present participle plasticizing, simple past and past participle plasticized)

  1. (transitive) To make something more plastic, especially by adding a plasticizer
  2. (intransitive) To become more plastic
  3. (transitive) To capitalize on something with ignorance to its significance or true value; to exploit something for monetary gain

Forms of plasticise

third-person singular presentplasticises
present participleplasticising
past participleplasticised
pastplasticised

Origin of plasticise

From plastic + -ise.

Words formed from plasticise

Questions about plasticise

What is plasticise the alternative spelling of?
Plasticise is the alternative spelling of plasticize.

Words near plasticise in the dictionary

  1. plasticians
  2. plasticin
  3. plasticine
  4. plasticines
  5. plasticisation
  6. plasticise
  7. plasticised
  8. plasticiser
  9. plasticisers
  10. plasticises
  11. plasticising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: plasticise (page history and authors); plasticize (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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