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provincialize

provincialize verb: to render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.

Verb

provincialize (third-person singular simple present provincializes, present participle provincializing, simple past and past participle provincialized)

  1. (transitive) To render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.

Forms of provincialize

third-person singular presentprovincializes
present participleprovincializing
past participleprovincialized
pastprovincialized

Origin of provincialize

From provincial + -ize.

Questions about provincialize

What does provincialize mean?
Provincialize means to render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.
What part of speech is provincialize?
Provincialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of provincialize?
The past tense of provincialize is provincialized.

Words near provincialize in the dictionary

  1. provincialists
  2. provincialities
  3. provinciality
  4. provincialization
  5. provincializations
  6. provincialize
  7. provincialized
  8. provincializes
  9. provincializing
  10. provincially
  11. provincials

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