"universalize" meaning in English

See universalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: universalizes [present, singular, third-person], universalizing [participle, present], universalized [participle, past], universalized [past]
Etymology: From universal + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|universal|ize}} universal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} universalize (third-person singular simple present universalizes, present participle universalizing, simple past and past participle universalized)
  1. (transitive) To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases. Tags: transitive Synonyms: universalise Derived forms: universalizable Translations (to make universal): yleistää (Finnish)

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