customize

 [kuhs-tuh-mahyz]   Origin

cus·tom·ize

   [kuhs-tuh-mahyz]
verb (used with object) cus·tom·ized, cus·tom·iz·ing.
to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
Also, especially British, cus·tom·ise.

Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; custom + -ize

Related forms
cus·tom·iz·a·ble, adjective
cus·tom·i·za·tion, noun
cus·tom·iz·er, noun
non·cus·tom·ized, adjective
sem·i·cus·tom·ized, adjective
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customize or customise (ˈkʌstəˌmaɪz)
 
—vb
(tr) to modify (something) according to a customer's individual requirements
 
customise or customise
 
—vb
 
customi'zation or customise
 
—n
 
customi'sation or customise
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

customize
1934, "to make (something) to a customer's specifications," Amer. Eng., from custom + -ize. Related: Customizable (1960); customization (1963); customized (pp. adj., 1960).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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