Oxford's lexicographers, pointing out that -izo is found in late Latin too, spell nearly all -ise words in -ize.

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In practice, British English today tends to use -ise, while Americans write -ize.

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Why does Oxford, as in the old SOD, list words ending in -ise as variants of the same word spelt with -ize?

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Pedants used to insist that words like mechanise and organise be spelt -ize, since they come from Greek roots and -izo is a common Greek way of forming verbs.

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Providing 100% of the seigniorage to African nations or at least an 85% to 15% split in their favor might even incentivize an African nation to yuan-ize its economy.

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The -ize is universal in America.

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