cantonize

American

[kan-tn-ahyz, -tuh-nahyz, kan-ton-ahyz] / ˈkæn tnˌaɪz, -təˌnaɪz, kænˈtɒn aɪz /

especially British, cantonise

verb (used with object)

cantonized, cantonizing

canton.

Other Word Forms

cantonization

noun

Etymology

Origin of cantonize

First recorded in 1595–1605; canton + -ize

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cantonized

They next requested the King to promise that Virginia should have no other dependence than upon the Crown of England, "nor in the future be cantonized into parcells by grants made to particular persons".

From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

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