"irregularize" meaning in English

See irregularize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: irregularizes [present, singular, third-person], irregularizing [participle, present], irregularized [participle, past], irregularized [past]
Etymology: irregular + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|irregular|ize}} irregular + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} irregularize (third-person singular simple present irregularizes, present participle irregularizing, simple past and past participle irregularized)
  1. (transitive) To make irregular. Tags: transitive Translations (Translations): epäsäännöllistää (Finnish), irregularisieren (German), czynić nieregularnym [imperfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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