Verbs

serialise

verb

arrange serially

sermonize

verb

speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

sermonise

verb

speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

sexualize

verb

make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to

shirr

verb

bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set

shrive

verb

grant remission of a sin to

sibilate

verb

make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

signalise

verb

point out carefully and clearly

signalize

verb

point out carefully and clearly

singularize

verb

distinguish as singular

sinter

verb

cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by...

skirl

verb

make a shrill, wailing sound

skitter

verb

to move about or proceed hurriedly

skyjack

verb

subject an aircraft to air piracy

slabber

verb

let saliva drivel from the mouth

slenderize

verb

take off weight

sloganeer

verb

coin new slogans

slue

verb

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manne...

smutch

verb

make a smudge on; soil by smudging

solemnize

verb

observe or perform with dignity or gravity

soliloquize

verb

talk to oneself

soliloquise

verb

talk to oneself

solmizate

verb

sing by the syllables of solmization

somnambulate

verb

walk in one's sleep

sophisticate

verb

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

sorb

verb

take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorpt...

sough

verb

make a murmuring sound

sovietise

verb

model a country's social, political, and economic structure...

spang

verb

leap, jerk, bang

speechify

verb

make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree...

spellbind

verb

put into a trance

spiritualize

verb

purify from the corrupting influences of the world

spoonfeed

verb

feed with a spoon

sporulate

verb

convert into spores

spue

verb

expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

standardise

verb

cause to conform to standard or norm

steepen

verb

become steeper

stet

verb

printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion

stickle

verb

dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

stigmatize

verb

mark with a stigma or stigmata

straiten

verb

bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial ha...

stratify

verb

develop different social levels, classes, or castes

striate

verb

mark with striae or striations

strickle

verb

smooth with a strickle

stridulate

verb

make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bod...

stultify

verb

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

stylise

verb

represent according to a conventional style

stylize

verb

represent according to a conventional style

subjoin

verb

add to the end

submerse

verb

sink below the surface; go under or as if under water