obligatorize

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verb

To make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.

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Meanings

verbobligatorize (third-person singular simple present obligatorizes, present participle obligatorizing, simple past and past participle obligatorized)

present singular third person obligatorizes · participle present obligatorizing · participle past obligatorized · past obligatorized

  1. human sciencesTo make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.

    At first blush, it would seem that phase theory is unlikely to offer a characterization of the extra conditions that regulate and obligatorize the placement of weak pronouns.

    2006, Cedric Boeckx, Minimalist Essays, →ISBN, page 170

Origin

From obligatory + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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