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 -ise


 * advertise
 * advise
 * affranchise
 * apprise
 * chastise
 * circumcise
 * comprise
 * compromise
 * demise
 * despise
 * devise


 * disfranchise
 * disguise
 * emprise
 * enfranchise
 * enterprise
 * excise
 * exercise
 * exorcise
 * franchise
 * improvise


 * incise
 * manuprise
 * merchandise
 * promise
 * premise
 * reprise
 * revise
 * supervise
 * surmise
 * suprise

-ize -yze


 * aggrandise
 * agonize
 * analyse
 * anatomize
 * angelize
 * apologize
 * approstrophize
 * appetizing
 * authorize
 * baptize
 * brutalize
 * canonize
 * catechize
 * catholicize
 * cauterize
 * centralize
 * characterize
 * christianize
 * civilize
 * classicize
 * colonize
 * criticise
 * crystalize
 * demoralize
 * deputize
 * dogmatize
 * economize
 * emphasize
 * energize
 * epitomize
 * equalize
 * eulogize
 * evangelize
 * extemporize
 * familiarize


 * fertilize
 * fossilize
 * fraternize
 * galvanize
 * generalize
 * gormandize
 * harmonize
 * hellenize
 * immortalize
 * italicize
 * jeopardize
 * legalize
 * liberalize
 * localize
 * magnetize
 * memorialize
 * mesmerize
 * metamorphize
 * methodize
 * minimize
 * modernize
 * monopolize
 * moralize
 * nationalize
 * naturalize
 * neutralize
 * organize
 * ostracize
 * oxidize
 * paralyze
 * particularize
 * pasteurize
 * patronize
 * philosophize
 * plagiarize


 * polarize
 * professionalize
 * protestantize
 * pulverize
 * realize
 * recognize
 * reorganize
 * revolutionize
 * satirize
 * scandalize
 * scrutinize
 * signalize
 * solemnize
 * soliloquize
 * specialize
 * spiritualize
 * standardize
 * stigmatize
 * subsidize
 * summarize
 * syllogize
 * symbolize
 * sympathize
 * tantalize
 * temporize
 * tranquillize
 * tyrannize
 * utilize
 * vaporize
 * visualize
 * vitalize
 * vocalize
 * vulcanize
 * vulgarize

Nouns ending in o form the plural by adding s if the singular ends in s preceded by a vowel; e.g., bamboo, bamboos; cameo, cameos; embryo, embryos; if the singular ending is in o preceded by a consonant, by adding es; e.g., buffalo, buffaloes; desperado, desperadoes; echo, echoes; hero, heroes; motto, mottoes; potato, potatoes.