easternize

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Etymology

eastern + -ize

Verb

easternize (third-person singular simple present easternizes, present participle easternizing, simple past and past participle easternized)

  1. (transitive) To make eastern in character.
    • 2007 January 14, Liesl Schillinger, “Siberian Fields”, in New York Times:
      It would suit me very well,” he tells her, “if, at this point, I could easternize your Western eyes, your Western heart.”

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