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relativizes

relativizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of relativize.

Meaning of relativize

Verb

relativize (third-person singular simple present relativizes, present participle relativizing, simple past and past participle relativized)

  1. To make one thing relative to another.
    • However, many thinkers (Protestant and Catholic) have used historical-critical methods to relativize New Testament materials on sex and gender to their original settings, rather quickly substituting for "obsolete" moral prohibitions a modern, liberal set of values[…]1996, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics, page 256
  2. To make relative.
    • to relativize indirect objects

Questions about relativizes

What is relativizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Relativizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of relativize.

Words near relativizes in the dictionary

  1. relativizations
  2. relativize
  3. relativized
  4. relativizer
  5. relativizers
  6. relativizes
  7. relativizing
  8. relatlimab
  9. relator
  10. relators
  11. relatrices

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