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dualize

American  
[doo-uh-lahyz, dyoo-] / ˈdu əˌlaɪz, ˈdyu- /
especially British, dualise

verb (used with object)

dualized, dualizing

  1. to make dual.

  2. to regard as dual.

Other Word Forms

  • dualization noun

Etymology

Origin of dualize

First recorded in 1830–40; dual + -ize

Example Sentences

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To dualize the Union, assuming its boundaries to be fixed, was one thing.

From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)

To dualize the Union in the face of a movement for extension of boundaries was another.

From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)

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