hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz 
hybridized; hybridizing
: to cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
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Daylilies hybridize easily and letting the seeds fall and germinate may result in new plants that aren’t true to the original.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Appalshop and Lugacy developed the project alongside local performers, artists, and craftspeople, many of whom make cameos in the film, which hybridizes fiction and improvisational non-fiction.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Visually, their style is patented, punctuated by lush character illustrations and hybridized 2D and 3D worldbuilding that others try to imitate (and mostly fail).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
In short, the Duisburg project is both a pilot plant and a blueprint, showing how legacy steelworks can hybridize blast-furnace islands into modern, multi-technology hubs.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Appalshop and Lugacy developed the project alongside local performers, artists, and craftspeople, many of whom make cameos in the film, which hybridizes fiction and improvisational non-fiction.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Visually, their style is patented, punctuated by lush character illustrations and hybridized 2D and 3D worldbuilding that others try to imitate (and mostly fail).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
In short, the Duisburg project is both a pilot plant and a blueprint, showing how legacy steelworks can hybridize blast-furnace islands into modern, multi-technology hubs.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Hybridize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hybridize. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz
hybridized; hybridizing
: to produce or cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
hybridizer
noun
ˈhī-brə-ˌdī-zər
Medical Definition
hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
variants
also British hybridise
hybridized also British hybridised; hybridizing also British hybridising
: to cause to interbreed or combine so as to produce hybrids
hybridize two species
fuse and hybridize somatic cells of two different species
hybridize two DNAs
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
also British hybridiser
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