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modalize

modalize verb: to become or cause to become modal.

Verb

modalize (third-person singular simple present modalizes, present participle modalizing, simple past and past participle modalized)

  1. To become or cause to become modal
    • There is a new contradiction inside the gay community, which is that it's becoming more 'modalized', to use a technical term. I'm referring to the clone system, or any kind of system like it. The gay ghetto is not a real integration of gays into society. It's just a concentration of the gay...1974 February 2, John Collis, Guy Hocquenghem, Joe Interrante, Mike Riegle, Charley Shively, Raphael Shively, Lionel Soukaz, “The Homosexual Century: In Search of Gay Memory”, in Gay Community News...

Forms of modalize

third-person singular presentmodalizes
present participlemodalizing
past participlemodalized
pastmodalized

Origin of modalize

From modal + -ize.

Questions about modalize

What does modalize mean?
Modalize means to become or cause to become modal.
What part of speech is modalize?
Modalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of modalize?
The past tense of modalize is modalized.

Words near modalize in the dictionary

  1. modalistic
  2. modalistically
  3. modalists
  4. modalities
  5. modality
  6. modalize
  7. modalized
  8. modally
  9. modals
  10. Modane
  11. Modang

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