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millionize, v.|ˈmɪljənaɪz|
[f. million + -ize.]
trans. a. To multiply by a million or millions. b. To enrich greatly or to the extent of millions (of money).
c1700Eternity in Coll. Poems 90 Ages, Worlds, Thousands, Myriads Millionize, Fatigue Conception, 'twill not all comprize Thee, O Eternity! 1841R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. xii. 96 Which enables a very large capitalist to ruin a whole neighbourhood, and millionize himself.
Hence ˈmillionized a., accustomed to millions.
1849Smyth in Archæologia XXXIII. 201 To our now millionized conceptions the foregoing ‘accompts’ appear to be in a very moderate ratio. |