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单词 practicalize
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practicalizev.

Brit. /ˈpraktᵻkəlʌɪz/, /ˈpraktᵻkl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpræktəkəˌlaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– practicalise, 1800s– practicalize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practical adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < practical adj. + -ize suffix.
1. transitive. To render practical.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful to [verb (transitive)] > make practical
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1844 J. Cairns Let. in Life (1895) x. 225 Walker is thoroughly practicalised..more evangelically simple than heretofore.
1863 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 289 The strong sense which practicalises the ideal to the common sympathies and comprehension of multitudes.
1869 Galaxy Jan. 21 You are to elevate and purify me, and I am to strengthen and practicalize you.
1966 New Scientist 3 Nov. 245/2 Why don't scientists make a potion To practicalize this gibbous notion?
1994 Jrnl. Black Stud. 24 369 Cleaver discussed the need to sustain and practicalize the level and form of consciousness attained by Malcolm.
2. transitive. To subject to practical jokes. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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1869 J. Keble in J. T. Coleridge Mem. Keble v. 74 I only hope I shall not be practicalized to death.

Derivatives

ˈpracticalizing adj. rare
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1873 J. S. Mill Autobiogr. i. 37 While he saved me from the demoralizing effects of school life, he made no effort to provide me any sufficient substitute for its practicalizing influences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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