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  • prussianize
    prussianize
    verb (used with object)
    to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
  • Prussianize
    Prussianize
    verb
    (tr) to make Prussian in character, esp with respect to military matters

prussianize

American  
[pruhsh-uh-nahyz] / ˈprʌʃ əˌnaɪz /
especially British, prussianise

verb (used with object)

(sometimes initial capital letter)
prussianized, prussianizing
  1. to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.


Prussianize British  
/ ˈprʌʃəˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to make Prussian in character, esp with respect to military matters

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of prussianize

First recorded in 1860–65; Prussian + -ize

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