commonise

English

Etymology

common +‎ -ise

Verb

commonise (third-person singular simple present commonises, present participle commonising, simple past and past participle commonised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commonize.
   • 2004, “The Car Industry: Fighting Back”, in The Economist:

     “The trick is not to commonise the wrong bits in different models. You commonise parts such as batteries and alternators, not things the customer can see, like the window switches.”

   • 2003, Paul Bott, Formula Racing at Birmingham‎^[1]:

     Special new fasteners are being introduced on the new car to hold it together better than ever. To simplify design and ease of maintenance I eventually hope to commonise and standardise all fasteners on the car.

Anagrams

• economism, monoecism, monosemic