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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To stretch or contract to a given or required extent or size.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

Etymologies

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Procrustean +‎ -ize

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