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deprovincialize

deprovincialize verb: to make less of provincial.

Verb

deprovincialize (third-person singular simple present deprovincializes, present participle deprovincializing, simple past and past participle deprovincialized)

  1. (transitive) To make less of provincial.

Forms of deprovincialize

third-person singular presentdeprovincializes
present participledeprovincializing
past participledeprovincialized
pastdeprovincialized

Origin of deprovincialize

From de- + provincial + -ize.

Questions about deprovincialize

What does deprovincialize mean?
Deprovincialize means to make less of provincial.
What part of speech is deprovincialize?
Deprovincialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deprovincialize?
The past tense of deprovincialize is deprovincialized.

Words near deprovincialize in the dictionary

  1. deprotonized
  2. deprove
  3. deproved
  4. deproves
  5. deprovincialization
  6. deprovincialize
  7. deprovincialized
  8. deprovincializes
  9. deprovincializing
  10. deproving
  11. deprovision

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