normalize v 1: become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon" [syn: {normalise}] 2: make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling" [syn: {normalise}, {renormalize}, {renormalise}] 3: toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: {anneal}, {temper}]