Definition of "canalize" []

• To furnish with or convert into a canal or canals. (verb-transitive)
• To provide an outlet for; channel. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""canalize" the waterways that the canal had originally avoided: The Mohawk, Oswego, Seneca and Clyde rivers and Oneida Lake."
• "He agreed that the first option was out of the question, and accepted the moves to “canalize” the revolutionary upheaval and ask for an end to the fighting.22"
• "The underwater potential has not been evaluated, but it is believed that geological faults canalize water in a disorganized fashion in limestone subsoils such as this."