boulevardize en · VERB
Etymology
From boulevard + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
This rage for boulevardizing has destroyed the quaint, queer, pestilential streets of old Paris, through which it was our pleasure to wander many years since.
1864, Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, The Eclectic Review (volume 7? volume 120? page 130)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boulevardizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| boulevardized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| boulevardized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| boulevardizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |