channelizev.
/ˈtʃanl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈtʃænəlˌaɪz/ rare before mid 19th cent.
transitive. To convey along or cause to pass through a channel (literal and figurative); to guide, direct, focus; = channel v. 2a. Also with into.
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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > regulate > direct so as to
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1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. F4 His Vaines, and Nerues, that channellize his Blood.
1860 Rep. Secretary of War 7 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (36th Congr., 1st Sess: Senate Executive Doc. 28) XV A paper system only intended to channelize the most accurate information of the whole military power of the country.
1902 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 13 407 These instinct-activities must be channelized into harmless courses.
1947 CDC Bull. Apr. 8 (caption) Small streams are provided with weirs to channelize flow.
1977 Times 15 Aug. 17/3 Their primary function..will be to channelize foreign capital investment in Spain's commerce and industry.
2015 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) (Nexis) 13 Apr. Concrete islands will be added ‘to tighten up the intersection and channelize traffic coming off the Heartland’.
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ˈchannelized adj.
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1931 J. K. Folsom Social Psychol. x. 509 (caption) Free and channelized social interaction.
1939 Fortune Nov. 65/1 Reputedly they have sent a channelized wave front at high frequency and power twenty-five yards from a concealed transmitter.
2005 G. D. Corner in M. Seppälä Physical Geogr. Fennoscandia (2008) xii. 221/2 Debris flows are typically associated with channelized flow below steep gullies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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