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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

peopleize en · VERB

Etymology

From people + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (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

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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