symmetrize

symmetrize
/sim"i truyz'/, v.t., symmetrized, symmetrizing.
to reduce to symmetry; make symmetrical.
Also, esp. Brit., symmetrise.
[1780-90; SYMMETR(Y) + -IZE]

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