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
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.