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regularize

[reg-yuh-luh-rahyz]
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verb (used with object), reg·u·lar·ized, reg·u·lar·iz·ing.
  1. to make regular.
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Also especially British, reg·u·lar·ise.

Origin of regularize

First recorded in 1615–25; regular + -ize
Related formsreg·u·lar·i·za·tion, nounreg·u·lar·iz·er, nounun·reg·u·lar·ized, adjective
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Examples from the Web for regularise

Historical Examples

  • Rivers tend to regularise their beds; they drain, rather than form lakes.

    The Beauties of Nature

    Sir John Lubbock

  • Austrian guns have been in action for some days, and now it has been thought worth while to regularise the situation.

  • Trafford's little attempt to regularise his position-203- was as creditable to him as it was inevitably futile.

    Marriage

    H. G. Wells

  • The more we can regularise our commonplace activities by habit, the smoother our path and the more leisure we command.

    Windfalls

    (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner

  • Special chairs are kept for the dirty, who are placed at stated times upon conveniences in order to regularise their functions.

British Dictionary definitions for regularise

regularize

regularise

verb
  1. (tr) to make regular; cause to conform
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Derived Formsregularization or regularisation, noun
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Word Origin and History for regularise

regularize

v.

1620s, from regular (adj.) + -ize. Related: Regularized; regularizing.

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