transitive verb.
To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
transitive verb.
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transitive verb.
To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.
transitive verb.
To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
intransitive verb.
To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. conventionalize, v. t., 2.