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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

logicalize en · VERB

Etymology

From logical + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To understand the logic behind something; to build the logical explanation for something.
    • 1988, Martin Lightfoot, Nancy Martin, National Association for the Teaching of English, The Word for teaching is learning: language and learning today : essays for James Britton James Britton says that we rationalize and logicalize our memories into narrative form.
    • So you turn on your left side and analyze, logicalize, form, plan. 1997, Jack Bickham, The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
logicalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
logicalized Tense=Past lexicographic
logicalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
logicalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic