hybridize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hybridize From hybrid + -ize.

1. To form a mixture of any kind.

   “Brainstorming methods other than the KJ technique will be mentioned later, but to come up with new ideas, it is easier to merge different ideas, or in other words, to cross-fertilize or hybridize ideas and improve upon them.”

2. To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
3. To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
4. To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
5. To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
6. To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.