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compatibilize

compatibilize verb: to make compatible.

Verb

compatibilize (third-person singular simple present compatibilizes, present participle compatibilizing, simple past and past participle compatibilized)

  1. (US, informal, transitive) To make compatible.

Forms of compatibilize

third-person singular presentcompatibilizes
present participlecompatibilizing
past participlecompatibilized
pastcompatibilized
alternative formcompatibilise

Origin of compatibilize

From compatible + -ize.

Words formed from compatibilize

Questions about compatibilize

What does compatibilize mean?
Compatibilize means to make compatible.
What part of speech is compatibilize?
Compatibilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of compatibilize?
The past tense of compatibilize is compatibilized.

Words near compatibilize in the dictionary

  1. compatibilists
  2. compatibilities
  3. compatibility
  4. compatibilization
  5. compatibilizations
  6. compatibilize
  7. compatibilized
  8. compatibilizer
  9. compatibilizers
  10. compatibilizes
  11. compatibilizing

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