Procrusteanize
/prə(ʊ)ˈkrʌstɪənʌɪz/Now rare
verb
[with object] To enforce uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality; to stretch or contract unnaturally.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Joseph Worcester (1784–1865), lexicographer and author. From Procrustean + -ize.
- Hearst, William Randolph
- heart
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- heart and soul
- heart attack
- heart attack on a plate
- heart-balm
- heart-bearer
- heartbeat
- heart-bleeding
- heart block
- heart-blood
- heart-bond
- heartbound
- heart brass
- heartbreak
- heartbreaker
- heartbreaking
- heartbreakingly
- heartbroke
- heartbroken
- heartburn
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- heart-burst