To cause to evolve; to transform gradually through evolutionary processes.
From 'evolution' + '-ize' suffix meaning 'to make or become.' A rare verb coined in the 1800s but never widely adopted.
This word almost died out because 'evolve' alone does the job—why say 'the environment evolutionized the species' when 'evolution shaped the species' is simpler? Language naturally selects for efficiency.
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