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eroticize

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e⋅rot⋅i⋅cize

  [i-rot-uh-sahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -cized, -ciz⋅ing.
to render or make erotic: a painting eroticized with voluptuous figures and symbols.
Also, especially British, e⋅rot⋅i⋅cise.

Origin:
1910–15; erotic + -ize

Related forms:
e⋅rot⋅i⋅ci⋅za⋅tion, noun
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e·rot·i·cize   (ĭ-rŏt'ĭ-sīz')   
tr.v.   e·rot·i·cized, e·rot·i·ciz·ing, e·rot·i·ciz·es
To make erotic.
e·rot'i·ci·za'tion (-sĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: erot·i·cize
Variant: or British erot·i·cise /-"sIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cized or British -cised; -ciz·ing or British -cis·ing
: to make erotic —erot·i·ci·za·tion orBritish erot·i·ci·sa·tion /i-"rät-&-s&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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