"fanaticize" meaning in English

See fanaticize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fanaticizes [present, singular, third-person], fanaticizing [participle, present], fanaticized [participle, past], fanaticized [past], fanaticise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English fanatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fanaticize From fanatic + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fanatic|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fanatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fanaticize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fanaticize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fanaticize"> From fanatic + -ize., {{ety|en|:af|fanatic|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Italic *faznom Latin fānum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fanaticize From fanatic + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} fanaticize (third-person singular simple present fanaticizes, present participle fanaticizing, simple past and past participle fanaticized)
  1. (transitive) To make into a fanatic. Tags: transitive Translations (make into a fanatic): fanatiser (French), fanatisieren (German), fanatikigar (Ido), fanatizzare (Italian), fanatiséieren (Luxembourgish), fanatizar (Spanish)
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  2. (intransitive) To become fanatical. Tags: intransitive
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "fanaticized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanaticized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanaticise",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fanaticize (third-person singular simple present fanaticizes, present participle fanaticizing, simple past and past participle fanaticized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make into a fanatic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fanatic",
          "fanatic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make into a fanatic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become fanatical."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fanatical",
          "fanatical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become fanatical."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "make into a fanatic",
      "word": "fanatiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "make into a fanatic",
      "word": "fanatisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "make into a fanatic",
      "word": "fanatikigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "make into a fanatic",
      "word": "fanatizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "lang_code": "lb",
      "sense": "make into a fanatic",
      "word": "fanatiséieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "make into a fanatic",
      "word": "fanatizar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fanaticize"
}

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