-ise
chiefly british. variant of -ize:
organise.
usage note
-ise2
a noun suffix, occurring in loanwords from french, indicating quality, condition, or function:
franchise; merchandise.
-ise
suffix
a variant of -ize
-ize
suffix
to cause to become, resemble, or agree with legalize
to become; change into crystallize
to affect in a specified way; subject to hypnotize
to act according to some practice, principle, policy, etc economize
usage note
word origin
-ise
see -ize.
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