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ˈpracticalize, v. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
1. trans. nonce-use. To subject to practical jokes. (practical n. 1 b.) Hence practicaliˈzation.
1818Keble in Coleridge Mem. v. (1869) 74, I only hope I shall not be practicalized to death. 1869Coleridge Ibid. 75 His fears of death by the slow process of practicalization.
2. To render practical.
1844J. Cairns Let. in Life x. (1895) 225 Walker is thoroughly practicalised..more evangelically simple than heretofore. 1861Mill Autobiog. i. (1874) 37 He made no effort to provide me any sufficient substitute for [the] practicalizing influences [of school life]. 1863Blackw. Mag. Sept. 289 The strong sense which practicalises the ideal to the common sympathies and comprehension of multitudes. |