accessorize
English
Alternative forms
- accessorise (mostly British)
Etymology
From accessory + -ize. First attested in 1939 in American English.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əkˈsɛsəɹaɪz/
Verb
accessorize (third-person singular simple present accessorizes, present participle accessorizing, simple past and past participle accessorized)
- (transitive, intransitive) To furnish with accessories.
- (intransitive) To wear or to choose accessories.
Derived terms
Translations
to furnish with accessories
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to wear or choose accessories
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References
- Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 6
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