"ambitionize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ambitionizes [present, singular, third-person], ambitionizing [participle, present], ambitionized [participle, past], ambitionized [past]
Etymology: ambition + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ambition|ize}} ambition + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} ambitionize (third-person singular simple present ambitionizes, present participle ambitionizing, simple past and past participle ambitionized)
  1. To make or become ambitious.
    Sense id: en-ambitionize-en-verb-Ap1S4Hrv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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