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ambitionize en · VERB

Etymology

From ambition + -ize.

Meanings

1. To make or become ambitious.
   • Here is the Rua do Alecrim, consisting of a dismantled hut on one side, faced by seven poor tenements, of which one, by affecting a square box as an upper story, ambitionizes the title of " Sobradinho." 1869, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil:
   • The “Y” man Americanizes the foreigner and ambitionizes the American 1918, Bankers Magazine - Volume 97, page 742:
   • Some of these families might be cured in six months; others it might take a year to Americanize, “sanitanize” and “ambitionize”. 1919, Health Department Bulletin - Volumes 9-11, page 27:

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