modalizev.
/ˈməʊdl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdlˌaɪz/ Chiefly Logic and Linguistics.
transitive. To make modal.
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1857 A. B. Wilson in Oxf. Ess. 115 All dogmatic statements must be held to be modalized by greater or less probability.
1955 A. N. Prior Formal Logic iii. i. 202 Provided that no propositional variable occurring in β occurs in α unless it is ‘modalized’, i.e. is either immediately preceded by ‘M’ or ‘L’ or occurs as part of a propositional formula which as a whole is preceded by ‘M’ or ‘L’.
1963 A. Kenny Action, Emotion & Will ix. 189 Descriptions of formal objects can be formed trivially simply by modalizing the relevant verbs.
1973 J. J. Zeman Modal Logic v. 80 A formula is completely modalized if the prefixing of modal operators to it does not change its ‘modal quality’.
Derivatives
ˈmodalizable adj. rare
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > modal > (capable of being) rendered modal
modalized1904
modalizable1957
1957 A. N. Prior Time & Modality 137 The only modalizable forms are single variables with or without a preceding sequence of N's.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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