cardinalize

/K AA1 R D AH0 N AH0 L AY0 Z/
verb
  1. 1

    (economics) to transform an ordinal measure (where distance between points doesn't matter, just the ordering) into a cardinal one (where distance matters).

  2. 2

    To exalt to the office of a cardinal.

  3. 3

    (poetic, rare, transitive) To turn red, like the robes of a cardinal.

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