accurize
transitive verb
ac·cu·rize
variants:
also British accurise \
ˈa-kyə-ˌrīz 
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accurized; accurizing; accurizes
Definition of accurize
: to improve the accuracy of (a gun)
And then the next customer through the door will be the guy who wants you to accurize his Raven 25 because he can't hit a target at 50 yards. — Arthur J. Hunt, Sr., American Gunsmith, June 2008
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“Accurize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accurize. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of accurize was in 1955
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