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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Conventionalize

· Con·ven·tion·al·ize · IPA
01 v. t. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
imp. & p. p. Conventionalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Conventionalizing
  1. 1.
    To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
  2. 2.
    To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.(Fine Arts)
02 v. i. To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.
  1. 1.
    To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.(Fine Arts) See: Conventionalize