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I . harmonize, harmonise [ˈhɑːmənaız] VB trans

II . harmonize, harmonise [ˈhɑːmənaız] VB intr

carbonize [ˈkɑːbənaız] VB trans

sermon [ˈsɜːmən] N

decolonize [diːˈkɒlənaız] VB trans, intr

▶ decolonization [diːˌkɒlənaıˈzeıʃən] N

reorganize, reorganise [riːˈɔːgə­naız] VB trans

▶ reorganization, reorganisation [riːˌɔːgənaı­ˈzeıʃən] N

scrutinize, scrutinise [ˈskruːtınaız] VB trans, intr

colonize, colonise [ˈkɒlənaız] VB trans

2. colonize:

▶ colonization [ˌkɒlənaı­ˈzeı­ʃən] N

patronize, patronise [ˈpætrənaız] VB trans

organize, organise [ˈɔːgənaız] VB trans

urbanize, urbanise [ˈɜːbənaız] VB trans

▶ urbanization, urbanisation [ˌɜːbənaıˈzeıʃən]

humanize, humanise [ˈhjuːmənaız] VB trans

1. humanize:

immunize, immunise [ˈımjuːnaız] VB trans

recognize, recognise [ˈrekəgnaız] VB trans

4. recognize:

▶ recognition [ˌrekəgˈnıʃən] N
▶ recognizable ADJ

solemnize, solemnise [ˈsɒləmnaız] VB trans

harmonica [hɑːˈmɒnıkə] N

serene [sıˈriːn] ADJ

2. serene:

▶ serenely ADV
▶ serenity [sıˈrenıtı] N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Tone of this article is audacious, sermonizing and is based on hallucination.
www.thehindu.com
Any (former) mass-release movie is likely to have its share of sermonizing.
www.avclub.com
To sermonize your morals while making comments like the above without an ounce of contrition reeks of hypocrisy.
www.nbcnews.com
After loud sermonizing on the evils of the revolving door and lobbyists, his own appointees are emblematic of just those insidious relations.
www.nationalreview.com
The idea quite obviously is to build awareness about the disease, but the film doesn't slip into sermonizing.
www.thehindu.com
He does this a lot: sermonizing to the city's scruffier elements -- the homeless, the drug addicts, the alcoholics and the drifters.
news.nationalpost.com
Not that there's any point in sermonizing about such a self-consciously anarchic celebration of adolescent hedonism.
www.cnn.com
There's no partisan sermonizing here.
cmcforum.com
The depictions of harassment and prejudice are not subtle, but neither are they sermonized.
www.themarysue.com
But the highlight of the film was portraying how liberating and joyous forgiveness isboth giving it and receiving itwithout putting implausible, sermonizing dialogue into their characters' mouths.
en.wikipedia.org

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