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Bostonize

Bostonize verb: to make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston.

Verb

Bostonize (third-person singular simple present Bostonizes, present participle Bostonizing, simple past and past participle Bostonized)

  1. (transitive) To make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston.
    • His purpose was evidently to Americanize, or at least Bostonize, the realism he had observed in Russian and French literature by attending only to the more commonplace in character and event.1972, Grant Cochran Knight, American literature and culture, page 374
    • President Upham delivered a lengthy speech which covered the entire history of the Society along with some Puritanical sniffing. There was regret that, in stating that the Festival was for all America, he should Bostonize the affair so irritatingly.1981, Harold Earle Johnson, Hallelujah, amen!

Forms of Bostonize

third-person singular presentBostonizes
present participleBostonizing
past participleBostonized
pastBostonized

Origin of Bostonize

From Boston + -ize.

Questions about Bostonize

What does Bostonize mean?
Bostonize means to make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston.
What part of speech is Bostonize?
Bostonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Bostonize?
The past tense of Bostonize is Bostonized.

Words near Bostonize in the dictionary

  1. Bostonian
  2. Bostonians
  3. bostonite
  4. Bostonites
  5. Bostonization
  6. Bostonize
  7. Bostonized
  8. Bostonizes
  9. Bostonizing
  10. Bostons
  11. bostoon

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