"appetize" meaning in English

See appetize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: appetizes [present, singular, third-person], appetizing [participle, present], appetized [participle, past], appetized [past], appetise [alternative]
Etymology: Back-formation of appetizing. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|appetizing}} Back-formation of appetizing Head templates: {{en-verb}} appetize (third-person singular simple present appetizes, present participle appetizing, simple past and past participle appetized)
  1. (rare) To whet the appetite. Tags: rare Derived forms: appetizer

Inflected forms

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