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relativize

vb. 1 To make one thing relative to another. 2 (context grammar English) To make relative.

WordNet
relativize

v. consider or treat as relative [syn: relativise]

Usage examples of "relativize".

It arose within the Renaissance revolution to divert its direction, transplant the new image of humanity to a transcendent plane, relativize the capacities of science to transform the world, and above all oppose the reappropriation of power on the part of the multitude.

They are the result of a perfumer's consultations and experiments, the outcome of an effort to devise the perfect perfume for a given woman, though perhaps relativized to a time of day and mood.