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Birminghamizes

Birminghamizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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".

Questions about Birminghamizes

What is Birminghamizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Birminghamizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of Birminghamize.

Words near Birminghamizes in the dictionary

  1. Birminghamised
  2. Birminghamises
  3. Birminghamising
  4. Birminghamize
  5. Birminghamized
  6. Birminghamizes
  7. Birminghamizing
  8. Birmo
  9. Birnam
  10. birnaviral
  11. birnavirus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Birminghamizes (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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