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Colloquialize

Col-lo′qui-al-ize

,
Verb.
T.
To make colloquial and familiar;
as, to
colloquialize
one’s style of writing
.

Definition 2024


colloquialize

colloquialize

English

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Verb

colloquialize (third-person singular simple present colloquializes, present participle colloquializing, simple past and past participle colloquialized)

  1. (transitive) To render colloquial.
    • 1965, John Whitney Hall, Richard King Beardsley, Twelve doors to Japan
      Some felt that a colloquialized style should be expressed in romanization.

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