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canalize, v.|ˈkænəlaɪz|
[f. canal n. + -ize: mod.F. canaliser was perh. the immediate source.]
1. trans.
a. To cut a canal through; to furnish with canals.
b. To make like a canal; to convert (a river) into a canal.
1860Pusey Min. Proph. 142 This system of canalising Egypt. 1865Times 23 Mar. 10/6 The St. Lawrence..has been canalized for such parts of its course as were naturally unfit for navigation. 1870Athenæum 26 Feb. 299 We do not desire so to ‘canalize’ the Thames, as our neighbours have ‘canalized’ the Seine.
2. Phys. and Pathol.
1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 199 The symptoms..of thrombosis disappear..if the thrombus is reabsorbed or is sufficiently canalized.
3. transf. To furnish with (underground) ducts or channels for the conveyance of cables, etc.; to convey through cables so furnished.
1886Jrnl. Soc. Telegr. Engineers XV. 547 Electricity, to use a French phrase, is so easily ‘canalised’, or conveyed through insulated conductors. 1889Daily News 7 Oct. 3/1 He has ‘canalized’ nearly the whole length of the principal streets in the South Kensington-Knightsbridge region.
4. fig.
a. To lead in a desired direction, so as to control or regulate.
1922J. M. Muir Short Hist. Brit. Commonw. II. ix. v. 359 The development of means for ‘canalising’ the nation's unspent wealth. 1943H. Read Politics of Unpolitical ii. 23 Organizations designed to canalize the national spirit. 1945R. Knox God & Atom x. 133 The urge to which it gave rise in the patient's nature may be canalized in a new direction. 1965W. Lamb Posture & Gesture viii. 107 It is a pity that the new thinking on physical behaviour has become canalised to such an extent into the teaching of physical education as a subject.
b. intr. To take a certain direction, to form a channel.
1927Observer 13 Nov. 8/5 A latent crisis in civilisation, a crisis which should have canalised into a religious revolution.
Hence ˈcanalized ppl. a.
1855Househ. Words XII. 54 The canalised river. 1885Athenæum 605/2 Slowly descending the canalized Seine. |