Martianize
Martianize verb: to make Martian; to endow with Martian characteristics.
Verb
Martianize (third-person singular simple present Martianizes, present participle Martianizing, simple past and past participle Martianized)
- To make Martian; to endow with Martian characteristics.
- By noon I had made up my mind that, so far as the mass of the people are concerned, this country is still Japan. It may be Martianized (for ought I know), but it is not Europeanized by any manner of means.1906, Walter Lorenzo Sheldon, Letter to Anna Hartshorne Sheldon dated 6 June, 1906 in Summer Greetings from Japan, self-published c. 1908, p. 23
- And when they have got the world Martianized, when they’ve started a race here with minds like their own and yet with bodies fit for earth, when they have practically interbred with us and ousted our strain, then they’ll begin to send along their treasures, their apparatus—grafting their life on...1937, H. G. Wells, Star Begotten, Chapter 2, § 3
Forms of Martianize
| third-person singular present | Martianizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | Martianizing |
| past participle | Martianized |
| past | Martianized |
Origin of Martianize
From Martian + -ize.
Questions about Martianize
- What does Martianize mean?
- Martianize means to make Martian; to endow with Martian characteristics.
- What part of speech is Martianize?
- Martianize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of Martianize?
- The past tense of Martianize is Martianized.
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