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internal +‎ -ize

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internalize (third-person singular simple present internalizes, present participle internalizing, simple past and past participle internalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
    1. To process new information in one's mind.
    2. To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
  2. (transitive, programming) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.
    Synonym: intern
  3. (finance) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.

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