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Peruvianize

Peruvianize verb: to make Peruvian.

Verb

Peruvianize (third-person singular simple present Peruvianizes, present participle Peruvianizing, simple past and past participle Peruvianized)

  1. (transitive) To make Peruvian.
    • […] have to be done is Peruvianize the industry,1968, Translations on Latin America, page 140
    • For example, while a number of the provincial indigenistas such as Luis Valcárcel proclaimed the need to Peruvianize Peru by fabricating prehispanic identities as foundations for the establishment of the modern nation and of national culture,2002, Gareth Williams, The Other Side of the Popular: Neoliberalism and Subalternity in Latin America, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 44

Forms of Peruvianize

third-person singular presentPeruvianizes
present participlePeruvianizing
past participlePeruvianized
pastPeruvianized

Origin of Peruvianize

From Peruvian + -ize.

Questions about Peruvianize

What does Peruvianize mean?
Peruvianize means to make Peruvian.
What part of speech is Peruvianize?
Peruvianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Peruvianize?
The past tense of Peruvianize is Peruvianized.

Words near Peruvianize in the dictionary

  1. Peruvian slaty antshrikes
  2. Peruvian torch
  3. Peruvian wart
  4. Peruvian warts
  5. Peruvianization
  6. Peruvianize
  7. Peruvianized
  8. Peruvianizes
  9. Peruvianizing
  10. Peruvianness
  11. peruvianolide

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