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Birminghamise

Birminghamise is the alternative form of Birminghamize.

Meaning of Birminghamize

Verb

Birminghamize (third-person singular simple present Birminghamizes, present participle Birminghamizing, simple past and past participle Birminghamized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make ersatz .
    • “The manners and customs of society are artificial;—made-up men with made-up manners;—and thus the whole is Birminghamized, and we have a nation whose existence is a work of art;—a cold, barren, almost arctic isle being made the most fruitful, luxurious and imperial land in the whole earth.”1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, ch. Ⅴ – "Ability".

Forms of Birminghamise

third-person singular presentBirminghamises
present participleBirminghamising
past participleBirminghamised
pastBirminghamised

Questions about Birminghamise

What is Birminghamise the alternative form of?
Birminghamise is the alternative form of Birminghamize.

Words near Birminghamise in the dictionary

  1. Birmingham screwdrivers
  2. Birmingham wire gauge
  3. Birminghamese
  4. Birminghamian
  5. Birminghamians
  6. Birminghamise
  7. Birminghamised
  8. Birminghamises
  9. Birminghamising
  10. Birminghamize
  11. Birminghamized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Birminghamise (page history and authors); Birminghamize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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