Usually means: Exchange positions of two sounds.
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  1. metathesize: Merriam-Webster
  2. metathesize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. metathesize: Collins English Dictionary
  4. metathesize: Wiktionary
  5. metathesize: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. metathesize: Dictionary.com
  7. metathesize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. metathesize: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (metathesize)

verb:  (linguistics) To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.

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