maximize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make as big or large as possible
    maximise.
    • Maximize your profits!
  2. verb make the most of
    maximise.
    • He maximized his role

WordNet

Max"i*mize transitive verb
Etymology
L. maximus greatest.
Definitions
  1. To increase to the highest degree. Bentham.

Webster 1913