"anthropize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: anthropizes [present, singular, third-person], anthropizing [participle, present], anthropized [participle, past], anthropized [past]
Etymology: anthrop- + -ize Etymology templates: {{confix|en|anthrop|ize}} anthrop- + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} anthropize (third-person singular simple present anthropizes, present participle anthropizing, simple past and past participle anthropized)
  1. (transitive) To transform or adapt the environment either to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity. Tags: transitive Translations (to adapt by human activity): anthropiser (French), antropizzare (Italian), antropizar (Portuguese), antropizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anthropize-en-verb-MreRlebj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anthrop-, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anthrop-: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'to adapt by human activity': 96 4
  2. (transitive) To anthropomorphize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-anthropize-en-verb-3Q~pjlSp Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anthrop- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anthrop-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anthropise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Derived forms: misanthropize Related terms: anthropization (alt: anthropisation), anthropocene, anthropomorphism

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