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There are many words that end in ise/ize. For instance: legalise, pasteurise, capitalise, and marginalise. The difference in spelling comes from US/UK versions of English. in US English it is more common to use the ize ending. In UK English it is more common to use the ise ending. Both endings are acceptable variant spellings.

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