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Californicate

Californicate verb: to subject to Californication, the large-scale development of land.

Verb

Californicate (third-person singular simple present Californicates, present participle Californicating, simple past and past participle Californicated)

  1. (US, derogatory, transitive) To subject to Californication, the large-scale development of land.
    • Squeezing ... cars off ... is unlikely to do ... any good[.] In Utah we see no bumper stickers reading DON’T CALIFORNICATE UTAH. Utah is busy Californicating itself.1978, Wallace Stegner, Page Stegner, “Rocky Mountain Country”, in The Atlantic
    • Don't Californicate Nevada. Give wilderness a chance.1986, Robert W. Maichle, on behalf of the Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada, Nevada Wilderness Act of 1985, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 832

Forms of Californicate

third-person singular presentCalifornicates
present participleCalifornicating
past participleCalifornicated
pastCalifornicated

Origin of Californicate

Back-formation from Californication.

Questions about Californicate

What does Californicate mean?
Californicate means to subject to Californication, the large-scale development of land.
What part of speech is Californicate?
Californicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of Californicate?
The past tense of Californicate is Californicated.

Words near Californicate in the dictionary

  1. Californianizing
  2. Californianness
  3. Californians
  4. Californias
  5. Californiation
  6. Californicate
  7. Californicated
  8. Californicates
  9. Californicating
  10. Californication
  11. californidine

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