"regularise" meaning in English

See regularise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈrɛɡjəlɚaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regularize.wav [UK] Forms: regularise [canonical], regularises [third-person, singular], regularised [past], regularised [past, participle], regularising [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|regularis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To make regular.
    Sense id: simple-regularise-en-verb-zktxB3Wo
  2. If you regularise something, you control it by defining it.
    Sense id: simple-regularise-en-verb-GvibuDKw
  3. If x regularises y, x causes y to function in a particular way.
    Sense id: simple-regularise-en-verb-CnWX4J1I
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