definitise

def·i·nit·ize

[def-uh-ni-tahyz, dih-fin-i-]
verb (used with object), def·i·nit·ized, def·i·nit·iz·ing.
to cause to become definite; crystallize.
Also, especially British, def·i·nit·ise.


Origin:
1875–80; definite + -ize

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