"spectacularize" meaning in English

See spectacularize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: spectacularizes [present, singular, third-person], spectacularizing [participle, present], spectacularized [participle, past], spectacularized [past]
Etymology: From spectacular + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spectacular|ize}} spectacular + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} spectacularize (third-person singular simple present spectacularizes, present participle spectacularizing, simple past and past participle spectacularized)
  1. (transitive) To make spectacular. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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