peopleize en · VERB
Etymology
From people + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To adapt to the needs or norms of people.
Because you are people, you personify what you perceive — “peopleize” it. You imagine such “spirits” to be small people, endowed with your own kind of characteristics.
2012, Jane Roberts, The “Unknown” Reality: Volume One: A Seth Book in Two Volumes:We have to become comfortable with hiring, working with, and valuing the work of the people who can popularize our data. And I mean popularize in the best sense of the word: peopleize. If we don't make our data products people-friendly we can't really make a serious contribution to the Information Age.
1995, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Proceedings: ... Annual Research Conference (page 397)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| peopleizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| peopleized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| peopleized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| peopleizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| peoplize | alternative | lexicographic |