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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.

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Prussianize British  

/ ˈprʌʃəˌnaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• Prussianization noun
• prussianization noun
• prussianizer noun

Etymology

Origin of prussianize

First recorded in 1860–65; Prussian + -ize