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Spell with -ise

advertise
advise
affranchise
apprise
chastise
circumcise
comprise
compromise
demise
despise
devise

disfranchise
disguise
emprise
enfranchise
enterprise
excise
exercise
exorcise
franchise
improvise

incise
manuprise
merchandise
promise
premise
reprise
revise
supervise
surmise
suprise

Spell with -ize or -yze

aggrandise
agonize
analyse
anatomize
angelize
apologize
approstrophize
appetizing
authorize
baptize
brutalize
canonize
catechize
catholicize
cauterize
centralize
characterize
christianize
civilize
classicize
colonize
criticise
crystalize
demoralize
deputize
dogmatize
economize
emphasize
energize
epitomize
equalize
eulogize
evangelize
extemporize
familiarize

fertilize
fossilize
fraternize
galvanize
generalize
gormandize
harmonize
hellenize
immortalize
italicize
jeopardize
legalize
liberalize
localize
magnetize
memorialize
mesmerize
metamorphize
methodize
minimize
modernize
monopolize
moralize
nationalize
naturalize
neutralize
organize
ostracize
oxidize
paralyze
particularize
pasteurize
patronize
philosophize
plagiarize

polarize
professionalize
protestantize
pulverize
realize
recognize
reorganize
revolutionize
satirize
scandalize
scrutinize
signalize
solemnize
soliloquize
specialize
spiritualize
standardize
stigmatize
subsidize
summarize
syllogize
symbolize
sympathize
tantalize
temporize
tranquillize
tyrannize
utilize
vaporize
visualize
vitalize
vocalize
vulcanize
vulgarize

Nouns ending in o form the plural by adding s if the singular ends in s preceded by a vowel; e.g., bamboo, bamboos; cameo, cameos; embryo, embryos; if the singular ending is in o preceded by a consonant, by adding es; e.g., buffalo, buffaloes; desperado, desperadoes; echo, echoes; hero, heroes; motto, mottoes; potato, potatoes.