"regularize" meaning in English

See regularize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regularize.wav Forms: regularizes [present, singular, third-person], regularizing [participle, present], regularized [participle, past], regularized [past]
Etymology: From regular + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|regular|ize}} regular + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} regularize (third-person singular simple present regularizes, present participle regularizing, simple past and past participle regularized)
  1. To make regular. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US Synonyms: regularise (english: non-Oxford British English) Translations (to make regular): регулирам (reguliram) (Bulgarian), нормализирам (normaliziram) (Bulgarian), säännöllistää (Finnish), régulariser (French), regularizar (Galician), regularizar (Portuguese)

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