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English
Etymology
From adjective + -ize.
Verb
adjectivize (third-person singular simple present adjectivizes, present participle adjectivizing, simple past and past participle adjectivized)
- (American spelling, grammar) To convert a word into an adjective.
- Synonyms: adjective, adjectify
Derived terms
Translations
convert a word into an adjective
— see also adjectiveSee also
- (converting into or using as another part of speech:)
- adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
- adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize
- nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
- verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify