v.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' ka-d ə - ˌ m ī z
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz · ing
Date: 1824
: to construct or finish (a road) by compacting into a solid mass a layer of small broken stone on a convex well-drained roadbed and using a binder (as cement or asphalt) for the mass