-ize

1. 1. To cause to be or to become: dramatize.
   2. To cause to conform to or resemble: Hellenize.
   3. To treat as: idolize.
2. 1. To treat or affect with: anesthetize.
   2. To subject to: tyrannize.
3. To treat according to or practice the method of: pasteurize.
4. To become; become like: materialize.
5. To perform, engage in, or produce: botanize.

[Middle English -isen, from Old French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Greek -izein, v. suff..]