conventionalize, conventionalise
(verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions; “conventionalized behavior”
stylize, stylise, conventionalize
(verb) represent according to a conventional style; “a stylized female head”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conventionalize (third-person singular simple present conventionalizes, present participle conventionalizing, simple past and past participle conventionalized)
(transitive) To make something conventional.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*ven"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conventionalized; p.pr. & vb.n. Conventionalizing.]
1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others. (b) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
Con*ven"tion*al*ize, v. i. (Fine Arts)
Definition: To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
