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southernise

southernise is the alternative spelling of southernize.

Meaning of southernize

Verb

southernize (third-person singular simple present southernizes, present participle southernizing, simple past and past participle southernized)

  1. (transitive) To make southern in character.
  2. (intransitive) To become southern in character.

Forms of southernise

third-person singular presentsouthernises
present participlesouthernising
past participlesouthernised
pastsouthernised

Origin of southernise

From southern + -ise.

Questions about southernise

What is southernise the alternative spelling of?
Southernise is the alternative spelling of southernize.

Words near southernise in the dictionary

  1. Southerndown
  2. southerner
  3. southerners
  4. southernification
  5. southernisation
  6. southernise
  7. southernised
  8. southernises
  9. southernish
  10. southernising
  11. southernism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: southernise (page history and authors); southernize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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