continentalize

continentalize
continentalization, n.
/kon'tn en"tl uyz'/, v.t., continentalized, continentalizing.
1. to make continental, as in scope or character.
2. (sometimes cap.) to influence with European ideas or culture.
Also, esp. Brit., continentalise.
[1850-55; CONTINENTAL + -IZE]

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