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obligatorize

obligatorize verb: to make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.

Verb

obligatorize (third-person singular simple present obligatorizes, present participle obligatorizing, simple past and past participle obligatorized)

  1. To make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.
    • At first blush, it would seem that phase theory is unlikely to offer a characterization of the extra conditions that regulate and obligatorize the placement of weak pronouns.2006, Cedric Boeckx, Minimalist Essays, →ISBN, page 170

Forms of obligatorize

third-person singular presentobligatorizes
present participleobligatorizing
past participleobligatorized
pastobligatorized

Origin of obligatorize

From obligatory + -ize.

Words formed from obligatorize

Questions about obligatorize

What does obligatorize mean?
Obligatorize means to make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.
What part of speech is obligatorize?
Obligatorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of obligatorize?
The past tense of obligatorize is obligatorized.

Words near obligatorize in the dictionary

  1. obligatorifications
  2. obligatorily
  3. obligatoriness
  4. obligatorization
  5. obligatorizations
  6. obligatorize
  7. obligatorized
  8. obligatorizes
  9. obligatorizing
  10. obligators
  11. obligatory

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