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templise

templise is the alternative form of templize.

Meaning of templize

Verb

templize (third-person singular simple present templizes, present participle templizing, simple past and past participle templized)

  1. To make more temple-like.
    • Vernacular structures were often “templized” by adding a portico of the correct classical proportions, which were described in detail in architectural copy books.1985, Jane Webb Smith, Marianne Doezema, Georgia's Legacy: History Charted Through the Arts, page 185

Forms of templise

third-person singular presenttemplises
present participletemplising
past participletemplised
pasttemplised

Questions about templise

What is templise the alternative form of?
Templise is the alternative form of templize.

Words near templise in the dictionary

  1. templeward
  2. templewards
  3. Templin
  4. templing
  5. Templins
  6. templise
  7. templised
  8. templises
  9. templising
  10. templize
  11. templized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: templise (page history and authors); templize (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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