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Verb:
- mathematics To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
- To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”
[|1949|Washington Square Press|New York||29|4 - Words for Mature Minds ] - To make something rational
- To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles.
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