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Amerindianize

Amerindianize verb: to make Amerindian.

Verb

Amerindianize (third-person singular simple present Amerindianizes, present participle Amerindianizing, simple past and past participle Amerindianized)

  1. (transitive) To make Amerindian.
    • Amerindianizing the Image of the School
      Early in the 1970s the Quebec office of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development established a training program for Indian teachers called the Amerindianization of the Schools […]1985, Barbara Burnaby, Promoting Native Writing Systems in Canada, number 24, page 21
    • Their strong wind seems anglicized when compared to Asturias's Amerindianized one.1992, Louise Fiber Luce, The Spanish-speaking world: an anthology of cross-cultural perspectives

Forms of Amerindianize

third-person singular presentAmerindianizes
present participleAmerindianizing
past participleAmerindianized
pastAmerindianized

Origin of Amerindianize

From Amerindian + -ize.

Questions about Amerindianize

What does Amerindianize mean?
Amerindianize means to make Amerindian.
What part of speech is Amerindianize?
Amerindianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Amerindianize?
The past tense of Amerindianize is Amerindianized.

Words near Amerindianize in the dictionary

  1. Amerindianism
  2. Amerindianisms
  3. Amerindianist
  4. Amerindianists
  5. Amerindianization
  6. Amerindianize
  7. Amerindianized
  8. Amerindianizes
  9. Amerindianizing
  10. Amerindianness
  11. Amerindians

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