释义 |
conˈservatize, v. rare. [f. as Conservatism + -ize.] a. trans. To render conservative. b. intr. To become conservative. Hence conservatizing ppl. a.
1849Clough Lett. and Rem. (1865) 215 The natural conservatising character of our years after thirty. 1864Church & St. Rev. V. 65 Now, to conservatize is to preserve our old institutions unimpaired. 1883Contemp. Rev. June 881 If there was anything specially Conservative and Conservatizing about it, why did he not realize it? |