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routinize

American  
[roo-tee-nahyz, root-n-ahyz] / ruˈti naɪz, ˈrut nˌaɪz /
especially British, routinise

verb (used with object)

routinized, routinizing

  1. to develop into a regular procedure.

  2. to reduce to a customary procedure.

    He seems happier now that his life is thoroughly routinized.

Other Word Forms

  • routinization noun
  • routinizer noun

Etymology

Origin of routinize

First recorded in 1925–30; routine + -ize

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