accurize
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ac·cu·rize
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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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The first known use of accurize was in 1955
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