continentalize
Americanverb (used with object)
-
to make continental, as in scope or character.
-
(sometimes initial capital letter) to influence with European ideas or culture.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of continentalize
First recorded in 1850–55; continental + -ize
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
To what one may call a continentalized vision the aspect of English life seems strange and entertaining; while an Anglicized perception finds, beyond the narrow channel, even greater matter for wonderment.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
The writer of these lines brought with him, at the outset of a dusky London winter, a continentalized, and perhaps more particularly a Parisianized, fancy.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
This is another blessed result of our continentalizing.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
