"adverbize" meaning in English

See adverbize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: adverbizes [present, singular, third-person], adverbizing [participle, present], adverbized [participle, past], adverbized [past]
Etymology: From adverb + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adverb|ize}} adverb + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} adverbize (third-person singular simple present adverbizes, present participle adverbizing, simple past and past participle adverbized)
  1. To convert to an adverb.

Inflected forms

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