"facialize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: facializes [present, singular, third-person], facializing [participle, present], facialized [participle, past], facialized [past]
Etymology: facial + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|facial|ize}} facial + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} facialize (third-person singular simple present facializes, present participle facializing, simple past and past participle facialized)
  1. (rare) To put a face to; to give a face. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-facialize-en-verb-Ac~YWB8c
  2. (rare) To see as or cause to be seen as facial, or as having face-like features. (Compare e.g. anthropomorphize.) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-facialize-en-verb-7Ex-khQb
  3. (rare) To give a facial (sex act) to. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-facialize-en-verb-ybUMEb1Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 19 71 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 13 21 54 12
  4. (rare) To give a facial (personal beauty treatment) to. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-facialize-en-verb-OUyooeJc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: faciality, facialness

Inflected forms

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