verb
Meaning 1
To make something, or someone, more European.
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verb
To make something, or someone, more European.
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verb
Alternative letter-case form of Europeanize.
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verb
make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Europeanise
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Europeanise
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Etymology tree Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Europeanize From European + -ize.
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