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ˈcreolize, v.
[f. Creole + -ize.]
1. intr. To ‘do’ the Creole: see quot.
1818J. M'Leod Voy. of Alceste 280 The ladies..generally creolized the whole day in a delectable state of apathy..Creolizing is an easy and elegant mode of lounging in a warm climate.
2. a. trans. To render Creole; to naturalize in the West Indies or adjacent regions.
1834T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. 219 Those..have become creolized, or removed from the physical characteristics of the African.
b. Philol. To make into a creolized language.
1958C. F. Hockett Course Mod. Ling. xlix. 423 An artificial language..can be creolized. 1964English Studies XLV. 383 The English dialects were never creolized. |