Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To furnish with accessories.
  • intransitive verb To wear or select accessories.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive or (intransitive) To furnish with accessories.
  • verb intransitive To wear, or to choose accessories.

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Examples

  • He said, if I want a life philosophy t-shirt, mine has to say "accessorize"I'll admit he's right.

    Who Knew You Guys Liked Pie So Much? - A Dress A Day 2007

  • How many straight men ever say the word "accessorize"?

    wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2007

  • Besides the bridge mosaic, she plans to "accessorize" the restaurant with other beer cap art "since it's a brewery and we're celebrating all things beer."

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • I wanted the "burnt red" face color but my supplier ran out of them and now that I have the blue one instead I realize I can "accessorize" it with more clothes than the red one.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • But it seems that other smartphone manufacturers are starting to branch out to 'accessorize' their flagships.

    Planet Maemo Sanjeev Visvanatha <svisvanatha@gmail.com> 2010

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have gained new insight into how the cell's vast array of proteins would instantly be reduced to a confusion of lethally malfunctioning molecules without a system for proteins to "accessorize" in order to regulate their function.

    unknown title 2008

  • While Politico reports on the RNC spending $150,000 to 'accessorize' Palin and her family,

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have gained new insight into how the cell's vast array of proteins would instantly be reduced to a confusion of lethally malfunctioning molecules without a system for proteins to "accessorize" in order to regulate their function.

    unknown title 2008

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have gained new insight into how the cell's vast array of proteins would instantly be reduced to a confusion of lethally malfunctioning molecules without a system for proteins to "accessorize" in order to regulate their function.

    unknown title 2008

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have gained new insight into how the cell's vast array of proteins would instantly be reduced to a confusion of lethally malfunctioning molecules without a system for proteins to "accessorize" in order to regulate their function.

    unknown title 2008

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