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savagize

savagize verb: to make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.

Verb

savagize (third-person singular simple present savagizes, present participle savagizing, simple past and past participle savagized)

  1. (transitive) To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.
    • […] the chiefs came to a determination, that Jewitt should be married (they knew better than to think of savagizing Thompson) […]1817, The Analectic Magazine, volume 9, page 153
    • But there are many tribes of Indians and islanders more expert with their canoes — as for example the Alaskans and the Kanakas — than any European, however savagized by forest life.1884, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of the Northwest Coast: 1543–1800

Forms of savagize

third-person singular presentsavagizes
present participlesavagizing
past participlesavagized
pastsavagized

Origin of savagize

From savage + -ize.

Questions about savagize

What does savagize mean?
Savagize means to make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.
What part of speech is savagize?
Savagize is a verb.
What is the past tense of savagize?
The past tense of savagize is savagized.

Words near savagize in the dictionary

  1. savaging
  2. savagings
  3. savagism
  4. savagisms
  5. savagization
  6. savagize
  7. savagized
  8. savagizes
  9. savagizing
  10. savagnin
  11. savagnins

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