"consistify" meaning in English

See consistify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: consistifies [present, singular, third-person], consistifying [participle, present], consistified [participle, past], consistified [past]
Etymology: From consist(ent) + -ify. Etymology templates: {{af|en|consistent|-ify|alt1=consist(ent)}} consist(ent) + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} consistify (third-person singular simple present consistifies, present participle consistifying, simple past and past participle consistified)
  1. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To make consistent. Tags: nonstandard, rare, transitive Translations (to make consistent): thống nhất (Vietnamese), thống nhất hóa (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989 December 24, The Dread Pirate Roberts, “Re: Destroyer”, in rec.arts.comics (Usenet):",
          "text": "Sapir left the series with #34 or 35 to write \"bestsellers\", only one of which, THE FAR ARENA, had any success. Murphy didn't feel like doing the Destroyer series all by himself, so he hired a bunch of people to ghost-write novels, which he'd then do a final draft on to consistify the style.",
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          "ref": "1991 August 10, The Film Fan Man, “Re: Empire Strikes Back:LB+CAV?”, in rec.video (Usenet):",
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