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Tuscanize

Tuscanize verb: to make Tuscan.

Verb

Tuscanize (third-person singular simple present Tuscanizes, present participle Tuscanizing, simple past and past participle Tuscanized)

  1. (transitive) To make Tuscan.
    • Bembo's arguments were persuasive, and several writers of the age decided to ‘Tuscanize’ their work.2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 31
    • Corsica was heavily tuscanized in the Middle Ages, during which native vocabulary may have been lost.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 520

Forms of Tuscanize

third-person singular presentTuscanizes
present participleTuscanizing
past participleTuscanized
pastTuscanized

Origin of Tuscanize

From Tuscan + -ize.

Questions about Tuscanize

What does Tuscanize mean?
Tuscanize means to make Tuscan.
What part of speech is Tuscanize?
Tuscanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Tuscanize?
The past tense of Tuscanize is Tuscanized.

Words near Tuscanize in the dictionary

  1. Tuscanicum
  2. Tuscanism
  3. Tuscanisms
  4. tuscanite
  5. Tuscanization
  6. Tuscanize
  7. Tuscanized
  8. Tuscanizes
  9. Tuscanizing
  10. Tuscanness
  11. Tuscans

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