normalize

normalize
/nawr"meuh luyz'/, v., ized, normalizing.
v.t.
1. to make normal.
2. to establish or resume (relations) in a normal manner, as between countries.
3. Metall. to heat (a steel alloy) to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then to cool in still air at ambient temperature.
v.i.
4. to become normal; resume a normal state: Prices soon normalized after the war.
Also, esp. Brit., normalise.
[1860-65; NORMAL + -IZE]

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