Mohammedanize

American  

[moo-ham-i-dn-ahyz, moh-] / mʊˈhæm ɪ dnˌaɪz, moʊ- /

especially British, Mohammedanise

verb (used with object)

Mohammedanized, Mohammedanizing

1. Islamize.

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Mohammedanize British  

/ məʊˈhæmɪdəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) another word, formerly common in Western usage but never used among Muslims, for Islamize

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Etymology

Origin of Mohammedanize

First recorded in 1820–30; Mohammedan + -ize

Example Sentences

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Mohammedanized

From this settlement of Borneo the Mohammedanized Malay extended his influence and his settlements to the Sulu archipelago, to Mindanao, to Mindoro, and to Manila Bay.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

Finally we find the semi-historical events recorded by the Mohammedanized Malay, the ancestors of the tellers of the tales.

From Philippine Folk Tales by Cole, Mabel Cook

In the twelfth century of our era, Mohammedanized Malays took possession of the southern part of the archipelago.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

No attempt is here made to treat of the Christianized or Mohammedanized people, who inhabit a considerable part of the coast and the Samal Islands, further than to indicate their influence on the wild tribes.

From The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition by Cole, Fay-Cooper