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can⋅al⋅ize

  [kan-l-ahyz, kuh-nal-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make a canal or canals through.
2. to convert into a canal.
3. to divide (a stream) into reaches with locks or dams, usually to maintain navigable depths.
4. to divert into certain channels; give a certain direction to or provide a certain outlet for.
Also, especially British, can⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1850–55; canal + -ize
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can·al·ize   (kān'ə-līz')   
tr.v.   can·al·ized, can·al·iz·ing, can·al·iz·es

  1. To furnish with or convert into a canal or canals.

  2. To provide an outlet for; channel.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: can·a·lize
Variant: or British can·a·lise /'kan-&l-"Iz/
Function: verb
Inflected Forms:-lized or British -lised; -liz·ing or British -lis·ing
transitive senses
: to drain (a wound) by forming channelswithout the use of tubes canalize intransitive senses
: to develop new channels (as new capillaries in a blood clot)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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