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Californicates

Californicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 Californicates

What is Californicates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Californicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of Californicate.

Words near Californicates in the dictionary

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

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