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vitalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
vi-tal-ize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of vitalise.

Etymology

Etymology tree English vital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vitalize From vital + -ize.

Inflected Forms

vitalizes (present, singular) vitalizing (participle, present) vitalized (participle, past) vitalized (past) vitalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

devitalize revitalize unvitalized vitalizer

Synonyms

vitalise

Questions

What does vitalize mean?
American and Oxford British English standard spelling of vitalise.
Where does vitalize come from?
Etymology tree English vital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vitalize From vital + -ize.

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