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creolize

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cre⋅o⋅lize

  [kree-uh-lahyz] verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
Use creolize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to render (a language) creolized.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become creolized.
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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