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 * Many English verbs end in the suffix . Historically, this has been spelled -ize on words coming from Greek (for example, ), while -ise has been used, especially in -vise, -tise, -cise, and -prise, on words coming from French or Latin (for example , ). In the 19th century, it became common in the United Kingdom (due to French influence), and then also in Ireland, India, Australia, and New Zealand, to use -ise on words that had historically been spelled -ize (hence , ). However, the influential Oxford University Press and its Oxford English Dictionary continued to use the spelling -ize on Greek words, and -ize has always been the spelling used in the United States and the predominant one in Canada on such words.