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provincialize, v.|prəʊˈvɪnʃəlaɪz|
[f. provincial a. + -ize.]
1. intr. To write or speak in a provincial dialect.
1803W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XVI. 306 As it appears that Peter provincialized and was unlearned, he probably wrote in the vernacular tongue.
2. trans. To make provincial; to give a provincial character or name to.
1829Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 171 That nothing be done which would have the effect of provincialising the literature. 1849Zoologist VII. 2392 None of your correspondents have provincialized the names of our water-birds. 1885Pall Mall G. 31 Dec. 2/1 Every branch of [Indian] expenditure, in fact, that was not of necessity Imperial..was provincialized.
3. intr. To become provincial.
1892Black & White 6 Aug. 150/1 Men's minds do not always widen, they sometimes ‘provincialise’ with the process of the suns. |