"hostilize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hostilizes [present, singular, third-person], hostilizing [participle, present], hostilized [participle, past], hostilized [past]
Etymology: hostile + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hostile|ize}} hostile + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} hostilize (third-person singular simple present hostilizes, present participle hostilizing, simple past and past participle hostilized)
  1. (obsolete) To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: hostilise
    Sense id: en-hostilize-en-verb-SrRcepXh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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