"adventurize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: adventurizes [present, singular, third-person], adventurizing [participle, present], adventurized [participle, past], adventurized [past]
Etymology: adventure + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adventure|ize}} adventure + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} adventurize (third-person singular simple present adventurizes, present participle adventurizing, simple past and past participle adventurized)
  1. To make into an adventure; to give adventurous characteristics to.
    Sense id: en-adventurize-en-verb-oh4x40zD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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