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 [kree-uh-lahyz]  

cre·o·lize

   [kree-uh-lahyz] verb, cre·o·lized, cre·o·liz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to render (a language) creolized.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become creolized.

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Also, especially British, cre·o·lise.

Origin:
1810–20; Creole + -ize

Related forms
cre·o·li·za·tion, noun
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creolize

verb
develop into a creole; "pidgins often creolize" 
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