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Martianizing

Martianizing is the present participle and gerund of Martianize.

Meaning of Martianize

Verb

Martianize (third-person singular simple present Martianizes, present participle Martianizing, simple past and past participle Martianized)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about Martianizing

What is Martianizing the present participle and gerund of?
Martianizing is the present participle and gerund of Martianize.

Words near Martianizing in the dictionary

  1. Martianesses
  2. Martianism
  3. Martianize
  4. Martianized
  5. Martianizes
  6. Martianizing
  7. Martianness
  8. martians
  9. Martie
  10. Martigny
  11. Martii

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