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RITUALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ritualize ... he / she / it ritualizes
Past simple: ritualized
Past participle: ritualized
-ing form: ritualizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make or evolve into a ritual
Example:
The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures
Synonyms:
ritualise; ritualize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "ritualize" is one way to...):
formalise; formalize (make formal or official)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
ritual (any customary observance or practice)
ritual (the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies)
