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conservatize

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con⋅serv⋅a⋅tize

  [kuhn-sur-vuh-tahyz]
Use conservatize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to make or become conservative.
Also, especially British, con⋅serv⋅a⋅tise.

Origin:
1840–50; conservat(ive) + -ize

Related forms:
con⋅serv⋅a⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
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con·ser·va·tize   (kən-sûr'və-tīz')   
tr.v.   con·ser·va·tized, con·ser·va·tiz·ing, con·ser·va·tizes
To make conservative or more conservative: "He has prepared himself by . . . conservatizing his politics" (Peter Goldman).

[conservat(ive) + -ize.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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