Normalise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation."

  2. 2
    make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard wordnet
  3. 3
    become normal or return to its normal state wordnet

Example

More examples

"Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation."

Etymology

From normal + -ise.

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