continentalize

American  

[kon-tn-en-tl-ahyz] / ˌkɒn tnˈɛn tlˌaɪz /

especially British, continentalise

verb (used with object)

continentalized, continentalizing

1. to make continental, as in scope or character.

2. (sometimes initial capital letter) to influence with European ideas or culture.

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Other Word Forms

• continentalization
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of continentalize

First recorded in 1850–55; continental + -ize

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Example Sentences

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continentalized continentalizing

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

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

This is another blessed result of our continentalizing.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever

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