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Verb: normalise  'nor-mu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=normalize)
  1. Become normal or return to its normal state
    "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalise soon"
    - normalize
     
  2. Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
    "normalise relations with China"
    - normalize, renormalize, renormalise [Brit]
     
  3. Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
    "normalise glass"
    - anneal, temper, normalize

Derived forms: normalises, normalising, normalised

See also: normalisation [Brit], normaliser [Brit]

Type of: alter, change, harden, indurate, modify

Encyclopedia: Normalise