regularize

[reg-yuh-luh-rahyz]

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verb (used with object), reg·u·lar·ized, reg·u·lar·iz·ing.

to make regular.

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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Related Words for regularize

distribute, place, plan, file, conduct, establish, assign, adjust, match, control, alphabetize, right, manage, tidy, regiment, array, regulate, tabulate, index, group

Examples from the Web for regularize

Historical Examples of regularize

No attempt was made to regularize the use of quotation marks.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor
Stephen Cullen Carpenter
The universal attempt to formulate or to regularize—an attempt that can be made only by disregarding or denying.
The Book of the Damned
Charles Fort
Typesetting for italics was very inconsistent in this book; no attempt has been made to regularize the use of italics.
Louis XIV., Makers of History Series
John S. C. Abbott
The word Arctic is generally capitalized, but exceptions were too frequent to regularize.
Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition
John Murdoch
It is absolutely necessary to stimulate and regularize perspiration over the whole surface of the body.
Montessori Elementary Materials
Maria Montessori

British Dictionary definitions for regularize

regularize

regularise

verb

(tr) to make regular; cause to conform

Derived Formsregularization or regularisation, noun

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Word Origin and History for regularize

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