accessorize

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Etymology

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From accessory +‎ -ize. First attested in 1939 in American English.[1]

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accessorize (third-person singular simple present accessorizes, present participle accessorizing, simple past and past participle accessorized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To furnish with accessories.
  2. (intransitive) To wear or to choose accessories.

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  1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 6