Restandardize

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To alter established norms in order to create uniformity across various contexts To update and synchronize criteria to maintain consistency in standards To reassess and calibrate benchmarks to ensure they're in agreement
2. To revise rules or measures so that they conform consistently across different applications
3. To bring previously set standards back into alignment for consistent application everywhere

Etymology: "Restandardize" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back to a previous state," attached to "standardize." The base verb "standardize" comes from "standard," which entered English in the Middle Ages from Anglo-Norman "estandard," a banner or flag that rallied troops, and later came to mean a fixed measure or benchmark. "Standardize" followed as a verb built on that noun, meaning to make things conform to a common measure. Adding "re-" produces the sense of restoring that common measure after it has drifted. Someone who restandardizes a set of instruments, tests, or procedures is returning them to a single agreed benchmark rather than inventing a new one. The meaning is transparent from its parts, so the word needs little explanation beyond them.

Synonyms: reorganize, regulate, normalize