ambitionizev.

Brit.

/amˈbɪʃn̩ʌɪz/,

/amˈbɪʃənʌɪz/, U.S.

/æmˈbɪʃəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– ambitionize, 1900s– ambitionise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambition n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < ambition n. + -ize suffix. Compare slightly later ambition v.

Now rare.

transitive. To make (a person) ambitious; to fill with ambition; to motivate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)] > make ambitious

ambitionize1600

ambitiona1628

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B5^v (Their minds ambitioniz'd) do seeke her fall.

1865 J. Rush Brief Outl. Anal. Human Intellect II. 179 The political precocity of the boy, ambitionized as he often is in the Public Schools, to plague and disturb the Country, with himself and his vanity.

1918 Bankers Mag. Dec. 743 Class rooms where the foreigner is Americanized and the American ambitionized.

1943 A. Le May Useless Cowboy iv. 35 She ambitionized them broom-tails, then.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambitionize
释义	ambitionizev. Brit. /amˈbɪʃn̩ʌɪz/, /amˈbɪʃənʌɪz/, U.S. /æmˈbɪʃəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– ambitionize, 1900s– ambitionise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambition n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < ambition n. + -ize suffix. Compare slightly later ambition v. Now rare. transitive. To make (a person) ambitious; to fill with ambition; to motivate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)] > make ambitious ambitionize1600 ambitiona1628 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B5^v (Their minds ambitioniz'd) do seeke her fall. 1865 J. Rush Brief Outl. Anal. Human Intellect II. 179 The political precocity of the boy, ambitionized as he often is in the Public Schools, to plague and disturb the Country, with himself and his vanity. 1918 Bankers Mag. Dec. 743 Class rooms where the foreigner is Americanized and the American ambitionized. 1943 A. Le May Useless Cowboy iv. 35 She ambitionized them broom-tails, then. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1600
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