missionizes

Verb

missionize (third-person singular simple present missionizes, present participle missionizing, simple past and past participle missionized)

1. (intransitive) To work as a missionary; to do missionary work.
2. (transitive) To do missionary work among (a people) or in (a particular place).
3. (historical, transitive) To teach and to bring under the control of European religion and culture through the mission system, as the Spanish did with Native Americans in their colonies.
4. (transitive) To make suitable for a military (or intelligence gathering, etc) mission.
   • The program will not design a new aircraft but will missionize an existing airframe, most likely a foreign design that is in service around the world.1994, United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1993: Joint Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on...