territorialize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to extend by adding new territory.
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to reduce to the status of a territory.
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to make territorial.
verb
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to make a territory of
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to place on a territorial basis
the militia was territorialized
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to enlarge (a country) by acquiring more territory
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to make territorial
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of territorialize
First recorded in 1810–20; territorial + -ize
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He interpreted and territorialized Western styles and philosophies with Japanese notions of absence, emptiness, shadow and darkness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
It is not our purpose to insist on the technical process of territorializing the conquered rebel States.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Browning, Orville H., Secretary of Interior, his views on question of territorializing states, 291; 92, 194, 197, 285, 307.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of Treasury, opinion of, on question of territorializing states, 290.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
Stanbery, Henry, Attorney-General, opinion of, on question of territorializing states, 290, 291; of counsel for Johnson, 309; 327.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
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