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rou⋅tin⋅ize

  [roo-tee-nahyz, root-n-ahyz]
Use routinize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to develop into a regular procedure.
2. to reduce to a customary procedure: He seems happier now that his life is thoroughly routinized.
Also, especially British, rou⋅tin⋅ise.

Origin:
1925–30; routine + -ize

Related forms:
rou⋅tin⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
rou⋅tin⋅iz⋅er, noun
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rou·tin·ize   (rōō-tē'nīz', rōōt'n-īz')   
tr.v.   rou·tin·ized, rou·tin·iz·ing, rou·tin·iz·es

  1. To establish a routine for.

  2. To reduce to a routine: a government that routinized mass murder while carrying out its totalitarian policies.

rou·tin'i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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