"facilize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: facilizes [present, singular, third-person], facilizing [participle, present], facilized [participle, past], facilized [past], facilise [alternative]
Etymology: From facile + -ize, originally after Italian facilitare. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|facile|ize}} facile + -ize, {{der|en|it|facilitare}} Italian facilitare Head templates: {{en-verb}} facilize (third-person singular simple present facilizes, present participle facilizing, simple past and past participle facilized)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To make something easy; to facilitate. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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