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modalize en · VERB

Etymology

From modal + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To become or cause to become modal
    • There is a new contradiction inside the gay community, which is that it's becoming more 'modalized', to use a technical term. I'm referring to the clone system, or any kind of system like it. The gay ghetto is not a real integration of gays into society. It's just a concentration of the gay population. 1974 February 2, John Collis, Guy Hocquenghem, Joe Interrante, Mike Riegle, Charley Shively, Raphael Shively, Lionel Soukaz, “The Homosexual Century: In Search of Gay Memory”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 8:

Forms

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modalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
modalized Tense=Past lexicographic
modalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
modalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic