"accessorize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əkˈsɛsəɹaɪz/ Forms: accessorizes [present, singular, third-person], accessorizing [participle, present], accessorized [participle, past], accessorized [past]
Etymology: From accessory + -ize. First attested in 1939 in American English. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|accessory|ize}} accessory + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} accessorize (third-person singular simple present accessorizes, present participle accessorizing, simple past and past participle accessorized)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To furnish with accessories. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to furnish with accessories): lisävarustella (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-accessorize-en-verb-tkKXvQli Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'to furnish with accessories': 90 10
  2. (intransitive) To wear or to choose accessories. Tags: intransitive Translations (to wear or choose accessories): asustautua (Finnish), acessorizar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-accessorize-en-verb-bki5cJAF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'to wear or choose accessories': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: accessorise [British] Derived forms: accessorization, overaccessorize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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