Hypertext Webster Gateway: "socialize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Socialize \So"cial*ize\, v. t.
1. To render social.
2. To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
socialize
v 1: take part in social activities; interact with others; "He
never socializes with his colleagues"; "The old man
hates to socialize"
2: train for a social environment; "The children must be
properly socialized"
3: prepare for social life; "Children have to be socialized in
school" [syn: {socialise}]
4: make socialist, as of governments or institutions; "Health
care should be socialized!" [syn: {socialise}]
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