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Californicating

Californicating is the present participle and gerund 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 Californicating

What is Californicating the present participle and gerund of?
Californicating is the present participle and gerund of Californicate.

Words near Californicating in the dictionary

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

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