UNIVERSALIZE

universalize, universalise

(verb) make universal; “This author’s stories universalize old themes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

universalize (third-person singular simple present universalizes, present participle universalizing, simple past and past participle universalized)

(transitive) To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.

Source: Wiktionary


U`ni*ver"sal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Universalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Universalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. universaliser.]

Definition: To make universal; to generalize. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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