Conventionalize

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make conventional.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make something conventional.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
  • v.
  • v. To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.
  • v. To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
  • verb-intransitive. To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. conventionalize, v. t., 2.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render conventional; bring under the influence of conventional rules; render observant of the forms and precedents of society. Specifically
  • In the fine arts, to render or represent in a conventional mannerā€”that is, either by exact adherence to a rule or in a manner intentionally incomplete and simplified.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make conventional or adapt to conventions
  • v. represent according to a conventional style
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