regularize

To make regular.

Verb

  1. To make regular.
    • Regularizing spelling was an important step in the advancement of literary society.

    Antonyms: irregularize

Origin

Etymology tree English regular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English regularize From regular + -ize.

Forms

regularizes regularizing regularized regularise

Derived

deregularize nonregularized overregularize regularizable regularizer unregularized