directionize

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verb

To set or change the direction of.

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Meanings

verbdirectionize (third-person singular simple present directionizes, present participle directionizing, simple past and past participle directionized)

present singular third person directionizes · participle present directionizing · participle past directionized · past directionized

  1. raretransitiveTo set or change the direction of.

    […] an Age of Illumination, when the illuminated ones, those initiated into Cosmic Art and vision, will directionize the future.

    1956, Raymond Frank Piper, The Hungry Eye: An Introduction to Cosmic Art, page 131
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    Directionize the wind and waves / Or number the eons of yesterdays / Yes, there is One who can / He is also mindful of man / Just ask of Him it will be done / In the name of His only begotten Son

    2003, Maxine Eliza Powers, Phyllis D. Inscoe, Along Life's By-Ways: A Poetic Journey

Origin

From direction + -ize.

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APA

directionize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directionize

MLA

“directionize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directionize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “directionize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directionize.

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