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terminise

terminise is the alternative form of terminize.

Meaning of terminize

Verb (1)

terminize (third-person singular simple present terminizes, present participle terminizing, simple past and past participle terminized)

  1. To make a term for.
    • This was terminized polarization of light.1908, A Calendar of Invention and Discovery, page 23

Verb (2)

terminize (third-person singular simple present terminizes, present participle terminizing, simple past and past participle terminized)

  1. (rare) To make terminal; to end or terminate.
    • A movement for a nationalization of Senior girls' honorary societies terminized in a convention held in Syracuse, New York, February 15 and 16, 1918, at which Ohio State was represented.1922, The Makio, page 164

Forms of terminise

third-person singular presentterminises
present participleterminising
past participleterminised
pastterminised

Questions about terminise

What is terminise the alternative form of?
Terminise is the alternative form of terminize.

Words near terminise in the dictionary

  1. terming out
  2. termini
  3. termini ad quem
  4. termini ad quos
  5. Terminis
  6. terminise
  7. terminised
  8. terminises
  9. terminising
  10. terminism
  11. terminist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: terminise (page history and authors); terminize (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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