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indigenise

indigenise is the alternative form of indigenize.

Meaning of indigenize

Verb

indigenize (third-person singular simple present indigenizes, present participle indigenizing, simple past and past participle indigenized)

  1. To bring something under the control or influence of an indigenous people.

Forms of indigenise

third-person singular presentindigenises
present participleindigenising
past participleindigenised
pastindigenised

Questions about indigenise

What is indigenise the alternative form of?
Indigenise is the alternative form of indigenize.

Words near indigenise in the dictionary

  1. indigeneity
  2. indigenes
  3. indigeneship
  4. indigenisation
  5. indigenisations
  6. indigenise
  7. indigenised
  8. indigenises
  9. indigenising
  10. indigenism
  11. indigenismo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indigenise (page history and authors); indigenize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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