"normalize" in the verb sense
1. normalize, normalise
become normal or return to its normal state
"Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"
2. normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
"normalize relations with China"
"normalize the temperature"
"normalize the spelling"
3. anneal, temper, normalize
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
"temper glass"
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