territorialize

territorialize
/ter'i tawr"ee euh luyz', -tohr"-/, v.t., territorialized, territorializing.
1. to extend by adding new territory.
2. to reduce to the status of a territory.
3. to make territorial.
Also, esp. Brit., territorialise.
[1810-20; TERRITORIAL + -IZE]

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