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• Northernize
  Northernize

  verb (used with object)

  to make northern; impart qualities considered typical of the North, especially of the northern part of U.S.
• northernize
  northernize

  verb (used with object)

  to make more characteristic of a northern region.

Northernize

¹ American  

[nawr-ther-nahyz] / ˈnɔr ðərˌnaɪz /

especially British, Northernise

verb (used with object)

(sometimes lowercase)

Northernized, Northernizing

1. to make northern; impart qualities considered typical of the North, especially of the northern part of U.S.

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northernize ² American  

[nawr-thern ahyz] / ˈnɔr ðərn ˌaɪz /

verb (used with object)

1. to make more characteristic of a northern region.

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Other Word Forms

• northernization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Northernize

1855–60; Northern ( def. ) + -ize

Example Sentences

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Northernized

The response of the South to being Northernized has been divided or resistant; that of the North to being Southernized has been more forthrightly negative.

From Time Magazine Archive