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O⋅ri⋅en⋅tal⋅ize

[awr-ee-en-tl-ahyz, ohr-]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ized, -iz⋅ing. (often lowercase)
to make or become Oriental.
Also, especially British, O⋅ri⋅en⋅tal⋅ise.


Origin:
1815–25; oriental + -ize


O⋅ri⋅en⋅tal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden" [syn: orientalize] [ant: occidentalise
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