ORIENTALIZE

orientalize, orientalise

(verb) make oriental in character; “orientalize your garden”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

Orientalize (third-person singular simple present Orientalizes, present participle Orientalizing, simple past and past participle Orientalized)

To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Etymology

Verb

orientalize (third-person singular simple present orientalizes, present participle orientalizing, simple past and past participle orientalized)

Alternative letter-case form of Orientalize

Source: Wiktionary


O`ri*en"tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orientalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Orientalizing.]

Definition: to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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