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Californicated

Californicated is the simple past and past participle of Californicate.

Meaning of Californicate

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

Questions about Californicated

What is Californicated the simple past and past participle of?
Californicated is the simple past and past participle of Californicate.

Words near Californicated in the dictionary

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

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