absolutize
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (chiefly, UK) absolutise
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌluː.taɪz/, /ˈæb.sə.ljuː.taɪz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlu.taɪz/, /ˈæb.sə.lju.taɪz/
Verb edit
absolutize (third-person singular simple present absolutizes, present participle absolutizing, simple past and past participle absolutized)
- (transitive) To make absolute. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to make absolute
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References edit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolutize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
absolutize
- inflection of absolutizar: