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McAdamize

McAdamize is the alternative spelling of macadamize.

Meaning of macadamize

Verb

macadamize (third-person singular simple present macadamizes, present participle macadamizing, simple past and past participle macadamized)

  1. (American and Oxford British spelling) To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
    • Lo there what mix’d conditions run!
      The orphan lad; the widow’s son;
      And Fortune’s favour’d care—
      The wealthy born, for whom she hath
      Mac-Adamized the future path—
      The Nabob’s pamper’d heir!1824 April 10, Thomas Hood, “Ode on a distant Prospect of Clapham Academy”, in New Monthly Magazine, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2016, pages 355–357
    Synonyms:
    macadam

Forms of McAdamize

third-person singular presentMcAdamizes
present participleMcAdamizing
past participleMcAdamized
pastMcAdamized

Origin of McAdamize

From McAdam + -ize.

Words formed from McAdamize

Questions about McAdamize

What is McAdamize the alternative spelling of?
McAdamize is the alternative spelling of macadamize.

Words near McAdamize in the dictionary

  1. McAdamise
  2. McAdamised
  3. McAdamises
  4. McAdamising
  5. McAdamization
  6. McAdamize
  7. McAdamized
  8. McAdamizes
  9. McAdamizing
  10. McAdams
  11. McAdie

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