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easternize en · VERB

Etymology

From eastern + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make eastern in character.
    • It would suit me very well,” he tells her, “if, at this point, I could easternize your Western eyes, your Western heart.” 2007 January 14, Liesl Schillinger, “Siberian Fields”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
easternise alternative lexicographic
easternized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
easternized Tense=Past lexicographic
easternizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
easternizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

westernize

Deriveds

easternization

Translations (7)

ro orientaliza (to make eastern in character) · it orientalizzare (to make eastern in character) · es orientalizar (to make eastern in character) · ca orientalitzar (to make eastern in character) · fr orientaliser (to make eastern in character) · pt orientalizar (to make eastern in character) · gl orientalizar (to make eastern in character)