regularize

[ reg-yuh-luh-rahyz ]
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verb (used with object),reg·u·lar·ized, reg·u·lar·iz·ing.
  1. to make regular.

Origin of regularize

1
First recorded in 1615–25; regular + -ize
  • Also especially British, reg·u·lar·ise .

Other words from regularize

  • reg·u·lar·i·za·tion, noun
  • reg·u·lar·iz·er, noun
  • un·reg·u·lar·ized, adjective

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How to use regularize in a sentence

  • The more we can regularise our commonplace activities by habit, the smoother our path and the more leisure we command.

    Windfalls | (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner
  • But given time to work itself out, it would regularise production and tend to smooth out alternatives of glut and slack time.

    Women in Modern Industry | B. L. Hutchins
  • Special chairs are kept for the dirty, who are placed at stated times upon conveniences in order to regularise their functions.

  • Trafford's little attempt to regularise his position-203- was as creditable to him as it was inevitably futile.

    Marriage | H. G. Wells
  • Austrian guns have been in action for some days, and now it has been thought worth while to regularise the situation.

British Dictionary definitions for regularize

regularize

regularise

/ (ˈrɛɡjʊləˌraɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) to make regular; cause to conform

Derived forms of regularize

  • regularization or regularisation, noun

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