My chief desire is to regularize the present situation.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
For the first, since Home Rule could not be brought into operation, he must secure recognition of the National Volunteers, must establish and regularize their status; for the second, he must obtain recruits as Ireland's contribution to the war.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
Already for some time before that forced climax Gerald had been haunted by the feeling that he ought to offer himself to Aurora, as it were to regularize his status in her house.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall