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southernize

southernize verb: to make southern in character.

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 southernize

third-person singular presentsouthernizes
present participlesouthernizing
past participlesouthernized
pastsouthernized
alternative formsouthernise

Origin of southernize

From southern + -ize.

Questions about southernize

What does southernize mean?
Southernize means to make southern in character.
What part of speech is southernize?
Southernize is a verb.
What is the past tense of southernize?
The past tense of southernize is southernized.

Words near southernize in the dictionary

  1. southernism
  2. southernisms
  3. southernist
  4. southernists
  5. southernization
  6. southernize
  7. southernized
  8. southernizes
  9. southernizing
  10. southernliness
  11. southernly

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