"flexibilize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flexibilizes [present, singular, third-person], flexibilizing [participle, present], flexibilized [participle, past], flexibilized [past]
Etymology: flexible + -ize, possibly a back-formation from flexibilization. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flexible|ize}} flexible + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} flexibilize (third-person singular simple present flexibilizes, present participle flexibilizing, simple past and past participle flexibilized)
  1. (transitive) To make flexible/more flexible. Tags: transitive Synonyms: flexibilise Related terms: flexibilization Translations (to make flexible): flexibiliser (French), flexibilisieren (German)
    Sense id: en-flexibilize-en-verb-n~7KjQYU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to make flexible",
      "word": "flexibilisieren"
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  ],
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