"weatherize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From weather + -ize.",
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    {
      "form": "weatherizes",
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      "form": "weatherizing",
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      "form": "weatherized",
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      "form": "weatherized",
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          "ref": "2024 February 27, Henry Gass, “Lights on, but trust off. Texas tries to rebuild confidence in grid.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:",
          "text": "State lawmakers replaced the entire ERCOT and PUC leadership in the months after the storm; the Legislature passed a law requiring power plants to weatherize.",
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        "To protect a structure against damage by the weather."
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        "(US) To protect a structure against damage by the weather."
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        {
          "word": "weatherproof"
        },
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          "word": "weatherise"
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  "word": "weatherize"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From weather + -ize.",
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    {
      "form": "weatherizes",
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          "ref": "2024 February 27, Henry Gass, “Lights on, but trust off. Texas tries to rebuild confidence in grid.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:",
          "text": "State lawmakers replaced the entire ERCOT and PUC leadership in the months after the storm; the Legislature passed a law requiring power plants to weatherize.",
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        "To protect a structure against damage by the weather."
      ],
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