Regularises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causes an arrangement or pattern to become regular or consistent ; brings a situation or system into conformity with established rules or standards
2. Makes something orderly or uniform in appearance or behavior ; adjusts something to comply with laws, regulations, or accepted norms
3. Transforms irregular forms or conditions into steady or stable forms ; establishes compliance or authorization according to formal criteria

Etymology: Regularise is a plain English formation: "regular" with the verb-forming suffix "-ise" added. The adjective came into English through Middle English "reguler", borrowed from Anglo-Norman "reguler" and ultimately from the Latin "rēgulāris", which is built on "rēgula", a rule or straight rod, itself from "regere", to lead straight or to rule. So the core idea of the word is measurement against a straight line. The suffix has a longer ancestry than the adjective. It comes through Late Latin "-izō", borrowed from Ancient Greek "-ίζω" ("-ízō"), and passed through Middle French "-iser" into Middle English "-isen". English then used it freely to turn adjectives and nouns into verbs meaning "to make or bring into a certain state". Regularise, then, means to make something conform to a rule or standard, bringing it into order. Its earliest documented uses are not recorded here, so the date of entry is left unstated.

Synonyms: standardizes, normalizes

Antonyms: disorganizes, chaotizes