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ruggedise

ruggedise is the alternative spelling of ruggedize.

Meaning of ruggedize

Verb

ruggedize (third-person singular simple present ruggedizes, present participle ruggedizing, simple past and past participle ruggedized)

  1. To produce a more rugged version of something, so that it will withstand rough treatment.

Forms of ruggedise

third-person singular presentruggedises
present participleruggedising
past participleruggedised
pastruggedised

Origin of ruggedise

From rugged + -ise.

Questions about ruggedise

What is ruggedise the alternative spelling of?
Ruggedise is the alternative spelling of ruggedize.

Words near ruggedise in the dictionary

  1. rugged individualism
  2. rugged up
  3. ruggeder
  4. ruggedest
  5. ruggedisation
  6. ruggedise
  7. ruggedised
  8. ruggedises
  9. ruggedish
  10. ruggedising
  11. ruggedization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruggedise (page history and authors); ruggedize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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