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• wake, wake up, arouse, awaken, waken, rouse go
  cause to become awake or conscious
  
• cause to sleep go
  make fall asleep
  
• affect go
  act physically on
  
• refresh, freshen, refreshen go
  make fresh again
  
• inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise go
  introduce semen into (a female)
  
• indispose go
  cause to feel unwell
  
• cry go
  bring into a particular state by crying
  
• etiolate go
  make pale or sickly
  
• shade go
  vary slightly
  
• brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise go
  make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
  
• convert go
  change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  
• opalize, opalise go
  make opalescent
  
• arterialize, arterialise go
  change venous blood into arterial blood
  
• make, get go
  give certain properties to something
  
• interchange, transpose, counterchange go
  cause to change places
  
• vascularize, vascularise go
  make vascular
  
• decrepitate go
  to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
  
• suburbanize, suburbanise go
  make suburban in character
  
• overturn, revolutionize, revolutionise go
  change radically
  
• etiolate go
  bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
  
• barbarize, barbarise go
  make crude or savage in behavior or speech
  
• alkalinize, alkalinise go
  make (a substance) alkaline
  
• mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise go
  make into a myth
  
• allegorize, allegorise go
  make into an allegory
  
• demythologize, demythologise go
  remove the mythical element from (writings)
  
• land, bring go
  bring into a different state
  
• coarsen go
  make less subtle or refined
  
• touch, impact, affect, bear upon, bear on, touch on go
  have an effect upon
  
• alchemize, alchemise go
  alter (elements) by alchemy
  
• alcoholize, alcoholise go
  make alcoholic, as by fermenting
  
• shape, form go
  give shape or form to
  
• round, round out, round off, round down go
  express as a round number
  
• suspend go
  cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
  
• sober go
  cause to become sober
  
• reconstruct go
  cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
  
• increase go
  make bigger or more
  
• ease up, ease off, let up go
  reduce pressure or intensity
  
• assimilate go
  make similar
  
• dissimilate go
  make dissimilar
  
• exchange, commute, convert go
  exchange a penalty for a less severe one
  
• vitalize, vitalise go
  give life to
  
• clear, unclutter go
  rid of obstructions
  
• activate go
  make active or more active
  
• activate go
  make (substances) radioactive
  
• aerate, activate go
  aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
  
• activate go
  make more adsorptive
  
• inactivate, deactivate go
  make inactive
  
• deaden, blunt go
  make less lively, intense, or vigorous
  
• reconstruct, remodel, redo go
  do over, as of (part of) a house
  
• redact, edit go
  prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
  
• cut, edit, edit out go
  cut and assemble the components of
  
• tame, chasten, subdue go
  correct by punishment or discipline
  
• temper, moderate, chasten go
  restrain
  
• better, amend, improve, ameliorate, meliorate go
  to make better
  
• worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate go
  make worse
  
• wet go
  cause to become wet
  
• dry, dry out go
  remove the moisture from and make dry
  
• lubricate go
  make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant
  
• strengthen, beef up, fortify go
  make strong or stronger
  
• lace, spike, fortify go
  add alcohol to (beverages)
  
• weaken go
  lessen the strength of
  
• blunt go
  make less sharp
  
• oxidize, oxidise, oxidate go
  add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
  
• unite, unify, merge go
  join or combine
  
• age go
  make older
  
• mature, ripen go
  cause to ripen or develop fully
  
• antique, antiquate go
  give an antique appearance to
  
• antiquate go
  make obsolete or old-fashioned
  
• develop, make grow go
  cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
  
• soften go
  make soft or softer
  
• damage go
  inflict damage upon
  
• ossify go
  cause to become hard and bony
  
• acerbate go
  make sour or bitter
  
• stabilize, stabilise go
  make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
  
• destabilize, destabilise go
  make unstable
  
• sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise go
  make sensitive or aware
  
• desensitize, desensitise go
  make insensitive
  
• habituate, accustom go
  make psychologically or physically used (to something)
  
• disarray, disorder go
  bring disorder to
  
• discolor go
  cause to lose or change color
  
• color, colour, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in go
  add color to
  
• stain go
  produce or leave stains
  
• hue go
  take on color or become colored
  
• uglify go
  make ugly
  
• untune go
  cause to be out of tune
  
• set, correct, adjust go
  alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  
• set go
  put into a certain state
  
• indispose, disqualify, unfit go
  make unfit or unsuitable
  
• tame, domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim go
  overcome the wildness of
  
• widen go
  make wider
  
• dehydrogenate go
  remove hydrogen from
  
• hydrogenate go
  combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen
  
• oxygenize, oxygenise go
  change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part
  
• darken go
  make dark or darker
  
• lighten, lighten up, brighten go
  make lighter or brighter
  
• blur, blear go
  make dim or indistinct
  
• obscure, bedim, overcloud go
  make obscure or unclear
  
• hide, veil, obliterate, obscure, blot out go
  make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  
• cook go
  transform by heating
  
• slenderize, slenderise go
  make slender or appear to be slender
  
• crack go
  cause to become cracked
  
• dissolve, dismiss go
  declare void
  
• end, terminate go
  bring to an end or halt
  
• demist, defog go
  free from mist
  
• contract, concentrate, condense go
  compress or concentrate
  
• cool, chill, cool down go
  make cool or cooler
  
• heat, heat up go
  make hot or hotter
  
• warm go
  make warm or warmer
  
• boil go
  bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
  
• freeze go
  cause to freeze
  
• blister go
  cause blisters to form on
  
• switch, shift, change over go
  make a shift in or exchange of
  
• transpose go
  change key
  
• convert, change over go
  change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
  
• transform go
  increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
  
• transform go
  change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
  
• transform go
  convert (one form of energy) to another
  
• transmute go
  alter the nature of (elements)
  
• transform, transmute, transubstantiate go
  change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  
• ash go
  convert into ashes
  
• transform, translate go
  change from one form or medium into another
  
• reform, regenerate, rectify, reclaim go
  bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
  
• convert go
  cause to adopt a new or different faith
  
• Islamize, Islamise go
  cause to conform to Islamic law
  
• reverse, turn back, invert go
  turn inside out or upside down
  
• invert go
  make an inversion (in a musical composition)
  
• customize, customise go
  make according to requirements
  
• personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise go
  make personal or more personal
  
• depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify go
  make impersonal or present as an object
  
• sharpen go
  raise the pitch of (musical notes)
  
• drop, flatten go
  lower the pitch of (musical notes)
  
• disintegrate go
  cause to undergo fission or lose particles
  
• magnetize, magnetise go
  make magnetic
  
• demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss go
  make nonmagnetic
  
• simplify go
  make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
  
• elaborate, complicate, refine, rarify go
  make more complex, intricate, or richer
  
• refine go
  make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
  
• complicate, perplex go
  make more complicated
  
• pressurize, pressurise, supercharge go
  increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
  
• concentrate, centralize, centralise go
  make central
  
• decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise go
  make less central
  
• socialize, socialise go
  make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
  
• fix, set, ready, prepare, set up, gear up go
  make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  
• internationalize, internationalise go
  make international in character
  
• communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise go
  make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
  
• Europeanize, Europeanise go
  make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
  
• Europeanize, Europeanise go
  denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations
  
• bestialize, bestialise go
  make brutal and depraved
  
• Americanize, Americanise go
  make American in character
  
• Frenchify go
  make French in appearance or character
  
• civilize, civilise go
  raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
  
• nationalize, nationalise go
  put under state control or ownership
  
• denationalize, denationalise go
  put under private control or ownership
  
• naturalize, naturalise go
  make into a citizen
  
• denaturalize, denaturalise go
  strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
  
• naturalize, naturalise go
  make more natural or lifelike
  
• denaturalize, denaturalise go
  make less natural or unnatural
  
• even, even out go
  become even or more even
  
• match, equal, equalize, equalise, equate go
  make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
  
• stiffen go
  make stiff or stiffer
  
• loosen, loose go
  make loose or looser
  
• tighten, fasten go
  make tight or tighter
  
• transitivize, transitivise go
  make transitive
  
• detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise go
  intransitivize
  
• thicken, inspissate go
  make thick or thicker
  
• full go
  make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
  
• diversify go
  make (more) diverse
  
• slow down, decelerate go
  reduce the speed of
  
• deaden go
  make vapid or deprive of spirit
  
• speed, accelerate, speed up go
  cause to move faster
  
• check, delay, retard go
  slow the growth or development of
  
• decrease, lessen, minify go
  make smaller
  
• liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise go
  make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
  
• solvate go
  cause a solvation in (a substance)
  
• dissolve go
  cause to fade away
  
• validate go
  make valid or confirm the validity of
  
• void, invalidate, vitiate go
  take away the legal force of or render ineffective
  
• empty go
  make void or empty of contents
  
• fill, fill up, make full go
  make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  
• saturate go
  cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
  
• clot, coagulate go
  cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
  
• louden go
  cause to become loud
  
• normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise go
  make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
  
• morph go
  cause to change shape in a computer animation
  
• neutralize, neutralise go
  make chemically neutral
  
• market, commercialize, commercialise go
  make commercial
  
• purge, purify, sanctify go
  make pure or free from sin or guilt
  
• mechanize, mechanise go
  make mechanical
  
• automatize, automatise, automate go
  make automatic or control or operate automatically
  
• automatize, automatise go
  turn into an automaton
  
• mechanize, mechanise go
  make monotonous
  
• chord, harmonize, harmonise go
  bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
  
• polarize, polarise go
  cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
  
• glorify go
  bestow glory upon
  
• contaminate go
  make radioactive by adding radioactive material
  
• devalue go
  lower the value or quality of
  
• insulate go
  protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
  
• calcify go
  convert into lime
  
• urbanize, urbanise go
  make more industrial or city-like
  
• urbanize, urbanise go
  impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
  
• emulsify go
  cause to become an emulsion
  
• demulsify go
  cause to demulsify
  
• decarboxylate go
  remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
  
• nazify go
  cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character
  
• fecundate, fertilize, fertilise go
  make fertile or productive
  
• clarify go
  make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
  
• embrittle go
  make brittle
  
• mark go
  make or leave a mark on
  
• nick go
  divide or reset the tail muscles of
  
• disable, incapacitate, disenable go
  make unable to perform a certain action
  
• enable go
  render capable or able for some task
  
• de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress go
  reduce the emphasis
  
• tender, tenderize, tenderise go
  make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
  
• charge go
  cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
  
• bubble go
  cause to form bubbles
  
• sweeten go
  make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
  
• iodinate go
  cause to combine with iodine
  
• ionate go
  add ions to
  
• archaize, archaise go
  give an archaic appearance of character to
  
• inform go
  give character or essence to
  
• officialize, officialise go
  make official
  
• occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise go
  make western in character
  
• orientalize, orientalise go
  make oriental in character
  
• acetylate, acetylize, acetylise go
  introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
  
• achromatize, achromatise go
  remove color from
  
• parallel, collimate go
  make or place parallel to something
  
• camp go
  give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
  
• classicize, classicise go
  make classic or classical
  
• conventionalize, conventionalise go
  make conventional or adapt to conventions
  
• decimalize, decimalise go
  change from fractions to decimals
  
• dizzy go
  make dizzy or giddy
  
• poison, envenom go
  add poison to
  
• objectify, exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise go
  make external or objective, or give reality to
  
• glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise go
  make glamorous and attractive
  
• introvert go
  turn inside
  
• laicize, laicise go
  reduce to lay status
  
• politicize, politicise go
  give a political character to
  
• radicalize go
  make more radical in social or political outlook
  
• proof go
  activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
  
• romanticize, romanticise go
  make romantic in style
  
• rusticate go
  lend a rustic character to
  
• sauce go
  add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
  
• shoal, shallow go
  make shallow
  
• tense go
  increase the tension on
  
• steepen go
  make steeper
  
• scramble go
  make unintelligible
  
• unscramble go
  make intelligible
  
• unsex go
  remove the qualities typical of one's sex
  
• vitrify go
  change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
  
• pall go
  cause to become flat
  
• saponify go
  convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali
  
• extend, expand go
  expand the influence of
  
• suspend, set aside go
  make inoperative or stop
  
• muddy go
  make turbid
  
• transform go
  subject to a mathematical transformation
  
• lift, raise, elevate go
  raise in rank or condition
  
• harshen go
  make harsh or harsher
  
• dinge go
  make dingy
  
• demonize, demonise go
  make into a demon
  
• devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise go
  turn into a devil or make devilish
  
• etherealize, etherialise go
  make ethereal
  
• immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise go
  render immaterial or incorporeal
  
• animate, animize, animise go
  give lifelike qualities to
  
• clear go
  make clear, bright, light, or translucent
  
• dynamize, dynamise go
  make (a drug) effective
  
• dynamize, dynamise go
  make more dynamic
  
• sublimate, rarefy, subtilize go
  make more subtle or refined
  
• volatilize, volatilise go
  make volatile
  
• uniformize, uniformise go
  make uniform
  
• symmetrize, symmetrise go
  make symmetric
  
• immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise go
  make famous forever
  
• denature go
  make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
  
• denature go
  modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
  
• denature go
  add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
  
• sanitize, sanitise go
  make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
  
• verbify go
  make into a verb
  
• shift go
  move from one setting or context to another
  
• sputter go
  cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
  
• draw go
  bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
  
• make go
  change from one form into another
  
• dope go
  add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
  
• prostrate go
  render helpless or defenseless
  
• excite go
  produce a magnetic field in
  
• energize, energise, excite go
  raise to a higher energy level
  
• shake go
  bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
  
• outmode go
  make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
  
• spice, spice up go
  make more interesting or flavorful
  
• shorten go
  make short or shorter
  
• think go
  bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
  
• make go
  cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
  
• deflate go
  produce deflation in
  
• inflate go
  cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  
• reflate go
  economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation
  
• digitalize, digitize, digitise, digitalise go
  put into digital form, as for use in a computer
  
• gelatinize, gelatinise go
  convert into gelatinous form or jelly
  
• recombine go
  cause genetic recombination
  
• feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize go
  to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to
  
• masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise go
  produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
  
• masculinize go
  give a masculine appearance or character to
  
• disharmonize, dissonate go
  cause to sound harsh and unpleasant
  
• sexualize, sexualise go
  make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
  
• schematize, schematise go
  give conventional form to
  
• patent go
  make open to sight or notice
  
• constitutionalize, constitutionalise go
  incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
  
• rationalize, rationalise go
  remove irrational quantities from
  
• plasticize, plasticise go
  make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
  
• rarefy go
  lessen the density or solidity of
  
• paganize, paganise go
  make pagan in character
  
• incandesce go
  cause to become incandescent or glow
  
• deaminate, deaminize go
  remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound
  
• angulate go
  make or become angular
  
• circularize go
  make circular
  
• sensitize, sensitise go
  make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
  
• sensitize, sensitise go
  make sensitive to a drug or allergen
  
• depolarize, depolarise go
  eliminate the polarization of
  
• intensify go
  make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
  
• isomerize, isomerise go
  cause to change into an isomer
  
• legitimate go
  make (an illegitimate child) legitimate
  
• evaporate, vaporise go
  cause to change into a vapor
  
• industrialize, industrialise go
  organize (the production of something) into an industry
  
• opacify go
  make opaque
  
• opsonize go
  make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
  
• militarize, militarise go
  adopt for military use
  
• nationalize, nationalise go
  make national in character or scope
  
• recommend go
  make attractive or acceptable
  
• sentimentalise, sentimentalize go
  make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
  
• solemnize, solemnise go
  make solemn and grave
  
• territorialize, territorialise go
  place on a territorial basis
  
• transaminate go
  change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another
  
• transfigure, spiritualize, glorify go
  elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  
• unsanctify go
  remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified
  
• vesiculate go
  cause to become vesicular or full of air cells
  
• visualize, visualise go
  make visible
  
• variegate go
  change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
  
• ventilate go
  furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
  
• vivify go
  make more striking or animated
  
• vulgarize, vulgarise go
  debase and make vulgar
  
• supple go
  make pliant and flexible
  
• professionalize, professionalise go
  make professional or give a professional character to
  
• smut go
  make obscene
  
• still go
  make motionless
  
• weaponize go
  make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon
  
• eroticize, sex up go
  give erotic character to or make more interesting
  
• piggyback go
  bring into alignment with
  
• port go
  modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
  
• lifehack go
  make one's day-to-day activities more efficient
  
• cloud go
  make less clear
  
• blur, obscure, confuse, obnubilate go
  make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
  
• moderate, tame, tone down go
  make less strong or intense
  
• obfuscate go
  make obscure or unclear
  
• synchronize, synchronise go
  make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
  
• mince, moderate, soften go
  make less severe or harsh
  
• militarize, militarise go
  lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force
  
• crush, break down go
  make ineffective
  
• fat, plump, flesh out, fill out, fatten, plump out, fatten out, fatten up go
  make fat or plump
  
• touch, disturb go
  tamper with
  
• dull go
  make dull in appearance
  
• blunt, dull go
  make dull or blunt
  
• sharpen go
  make sharp or sharper
  
• coarsen go
  make or become coarse or coarser
  
• loosen go
  make less dense
  
• loosen, undo, untie go
  cause to become loose
  
• barb go
  provide with barbs
  
• string go
  provide with strings
  
• straighten out, straighten go
  make straight
  
• bring go
  cause to come into a particular state or condition
  
• mix, unify, mingle, commix, amalgamate go
  to bring or combine together or with something else
  
• charge go
  fill or load to capacity
  
• put go
  cause to be in a certain state
  
• clean, make clean go
  make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
  
• soil, grime, dirty, begrime, colly, bemire go
  make soiled, filthy, or dirty
  
• lower, depress go
  cause to drop or sink
  
• deform go
  make formless
  
• break, break up go
  destroy the completeness of a set of related items
  
• alter go
  make an alteration to
  
• ornament, grace, beautify, embellish, decorate, adorn go
  make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  
• humanize, humanise go
  make more humane
  
• humble go
  cause to be unpretentious
  
• alien, estrange, alienate, disaffect go
  arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
  
• right go
  put in or restore to an upright position
  
• desensitize, desensitise go
  cause not to be sensitive
  
• deodorize, deodorise, deodourise go
  eliminate the odor from
  
• develop go
  make visible by means of chemical solutions
  
• blur go
  to make less distinct or clear
  
• blind go
  make blind by putting the eyes out
  
• change intensity go
  increase or decrease in intensity
  
• change taste go
  alter the flavor of
  
• interchange, exchange, substitute, replace go
  put in the place of another
  
• capture go
  bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
  
• bring, add, impart, contribute, bestow, lend go
  bestow a quality on
  
• restore, reinstate, reestablish go
  bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
  
• liberalize, liberalise go
  make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
  
• redress, right, correct, compensate go
  make reparations or amends for
  
• democratize, democratise go
  introduce democratic reforms
  
• neutralize go
  make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
  
• debauch, pervert, corrupt, vitiate, debase, demoralize, misdirect, subvert, demoralise, profane, deprave go
  corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  
• relax, loosen go
  make less severe or strict
  
• unite, unify go
  bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
  
• flocculate go
  cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
  
• turn go
  cause to change or turn into something different
  
• cohere go
  cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole