Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make homologous.
- transitive verb To show to be homologous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make homologous; make out or demonstrate the correspondence of. See
homologous . - To be homologous; specifically, in biology, to correspond in structural position, either in different bodies or in parts of the same body: as, the maxillæ of insects homologize with the legs, the wings of a bird with the arms of a man, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Biol.) To determine the homologies or structural relations of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make something
homologous - verb intransitive To become homologous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make homologous
- verb be homologous
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word homologize.
Examples
-
So did to compromit (i. e., to compromise), to homologize and to happify.
Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 3. New Words of English Material Henry Louis 1921
-
And slowly the two fundamentally identical things tend to assimilate their superficial difference, to homologize their traditions, each generation sees a relaxation of the aristocratic prohibitions, a
Mankind in the Making Herbert George 1903
-
Although we have no right to intermeddle with the form of government of other nations, yet it is lawful to wish to see no emperors nor kings in our hemisphere, and that Brazil as well as Mexico will homologize with us. —
-
You remember the machinery which the federalists played off, about that time, to beat down the friends to the real principles of our constitution, to silence by terror every expression in their favor, to bring us into war with France and alliance with England, and finally to homologize our constitution with that of England.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Thomas Jefferson 1784
-
You remember the machinery which the federalists played off, about that time, to beat down the friends to the real principles of our constitution, to silence by terror every expression in their favor, to bring us into war with France and alliance with England, and finally to homologize our constitution with that of England.
Letters 1760
-
More than a year ago, the FIL told Sochi officials they would not homologize, or certify, that track if it was built to allow speed exceeding 135 km/h.
-
More than a year ago, the FIL told Sochi officials they would not homologize, or certify, that track if it was built to allow speed exceeding 135 km/h.
-
More than a year ago, FIL told Sochi officials that they would not homologize, or certify, that track if it was built to allow speed exceeding 135 kph (about 84 mph).
Fore, right! CHRIS LEHOURITES 2010
-
I simply don't have the position or power to homologize campus.
mndaily.com - all articles pberner@mndaily.com 2010
-
More than a year ago, FIL told Sochi officials that they would not homologize, or certify, that track if it was built to allow speed exceeding 84 mph.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CHRIS LEHOURITES 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.