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CONVENTIONALISE
conventionalize, conventionalise
(verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions; “conventionalized behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
conventionalise (third-person singular simple present conventionalises, present participle conventionalising, simple past and past participle conventionalised)
Alternative spelling of conventionalize
Source: Wiktionary
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DITHER
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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