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obligatorizing

obligatorizing is the present participle and gerund of obligatorize.

Meaning of obligatorize

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

Questions about obligatorizing

What is obligatorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Obligatorizing is the present participle and gerund of obligatorize.

Words near obligatorizing in the dictionary

  1. obligatorization
  2. obligatorizations
  3. obligatorize
  4. obligatorized
  5. obligatorizes
  6. obligatorizing
  7. obligators
  8. obligatory
  9. obligatos
  10. obligatum
  11. oblige

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