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continentalize

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con⋅ti⋅nen⋅tal⋅ize

  [kon-tn-en-tl-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make continental, as in scope or character.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) to influence with European ideas or culture.
Also, especially British, con⋅ti⋅nen⋅tal⋅ise.

Origin:
1850–55; continental + -ize

Related forms:
con⋅ti⋅nen⋅tal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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