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regularize, v.|ˈrɛgjʊləraɪz|
[f. regular + -ize; cf. F. régulariser.]
†a. (See quot. 1623.) Obs.
b. trans. To make regular. (Common in recent use.)
1623Cockeram Eng. Dict. 11, To Gouerne or rule, Monarchize, Regularize, Predominate, Magistrate. 1833Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 64 Philosophy..rarely sets aside the old [classifications], content with correcting and regularizing them. 1882W. S. Blunt in 19th Cent. Sept. 335 It was arranged that he should regularise his position by taking office as Under Secretary for War.
Hence ˈregularized, ˈregularizing ppl. adjs.
1847Grote Greece ii. xi. III. 209 The conception of regularised popular institutions [etc.]. 1850Ibid. lxvii. (1869) VIII. 143 The stirring and regularizing agent. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. v. 190 Law is only our way of conceiving of His regularized working. |