单词 | encarnalize |
释义 | encarnalize in British English or encarnalise (ɪnˈkɑːnəˌlaɪz) verb (transitive) rare 1. to provide with a bodily form; incarnate 2. to make carnal, gross, or sensual encarnalize in American English (ɛnˈkɑrnəlˌaɪz) verb transitiveWord forms: enˈcarnalˌized or enˈcarnalˌizing 1. to incarnate 2. to make carnal; make sensual encarnalize in American English (enˈkɑːrnlˌaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing to invest with a worldly or sensual nature or form; make carnal the soul encarnalized by the gross body Also: incarnalize. Also, esp Brit.: encarnalise Word origin [1840–50; en-1 + carnal + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, organizer, plaque, pylon, sensationalismen- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in Englishon this model, forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing)to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem; more specifically, “toconfine in or place on” (enshrine; enthrone; entomb); “to cause to be in” (enslave; entrust; enrich; encourage; endear); “to restrict” in the manner named by the stem, typically with the additional sense“on all sides, completely” (enwind; encircle; enclose; entwine). This prefix is also attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to givethem a transitive marker if they are already transitive (enkindle; enliven; enshield; enface); -ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize) |
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