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-ise Verbs in American English

Few spelling debates are more furious between various English speakers from different countries than words that end in -ize versus -ise. Most American verbs are spelled with the -ize suffix, but a few have kept the -ise spelling. Can you identify them with the assist of a definition? Word list from the U.S. Government Publishing Style Manual, 2016.
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Definition
Answer
A
To announce or praise a product or service to induce people to buy or use it
Advertise
A
To give counsel to
Advise
A
To get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; to awaken
Arise
C
To include or contain; to consist of; to be composed of
Comprise
C
To settle differences by mutual concessions
Compromise
D
To regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; loathe
Despise
D
To deprive a person of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote
Disenfranchise
D
To change the appearance of so as to conceal identity or mislead
Disguise
E
To use repeatedly in order to strengthen or develop
Exercise
E
To seek to expel an evil spirit
Exorcise
I
To compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation
Improvise
R
To execute a repetition of; repeat (especially in music)
Reprise
R
To get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture
Rise
S
To be in charge of; to oversee, as in a process, work, or workers
Supervise
S
To think or infer without strong evidence; to conjecture or guess
Surmise
S
To come upon or discover suddenly and unexpectedly
Surprise
T
To broadcast (over the electronic system of transmitting images and sound)
Televise
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