terminize

transitive verb

ter·​mi·​nize

ˈtərməˌnīz

-ed/-ing/-s

: to supply (as a science) with nomenclature

conceptions that owe their present definiteness … to felicitous terminizing

—Popular Science Monthly

the industrious terminizing of a cherished colleague

—C. F. Talman

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin terminus term + English -ize

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