to make Prussian in character, esp with respect to military matters
Derived forms
Prussianization (ˌPrussianiˈzation) or Prussianisation (ˌPrussianiˈsation)
noun
prussianize in American English
(ˈprʌʃəˌnaiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
(sometimes cap.)
to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc
Alsoesp Britprussianise
Derived forms
prussianization
noun
prussianizer
noun
Word origin
[1860–65; prussian + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, calibrate, jumping jack, metric system, mutualism-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)