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so⋅cial⋅ize

  [soh-shuh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
2. to make socialistic; establish or regulate according to the theories of socialism.
3. Education. to treat as a group activity: to socialize spelling quizzes.
–verb (used without object)
4. to associate or mingle sociably with others: to socialize with one's fellow workers.
Also, especially British, so⋅cial⋅ise.

Origin:
1820–30; social + -ize

Related forms:
so⋅cial⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
so⋅cial⋅iz⋅er, noun
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so·cial·ize   (sō'shə-līz')   
v.   so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es

v.   tr.

  1. To place under government or group ownership or control.

  2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable.

  3. To convert or adapt to the needs of society.

v.   intr.
To take part in social activities.
so'cial·i·za'tion (-shə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., so'cial·iz'er n.
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Word Origin & History

socialize 
1828, "to render social," from social (adj.). Meaning "to be sociable, to mingle" is recorded from 1895. Socialization "process of making social" is from 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: so·cial·ize
Variant: also British so·cial·ise /'sO-sh&-"lIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms:-ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
: to make social; especially : to fit or train forsociety or a social environment socialized according to a given cultural pattern —H. A. Murray & C. K. Kluckhohn>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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