make professional or give a professional character to; "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"
pro·fes·sion·al·ize professionalizes professionalizing professionalized in BRIT, also use professionalise To professionalize an organization, an institution, or an activity means to make it more professional, for example by paying the people who are involved in it. the possibility of professionalising local government by offering salaries to senior councillors. + professionalization pro·fes·sion·ali·za·tion The professionalization of politics is a major source of our ills