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EUROPEANISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas

Synonyms:

Europeanise; Europeanize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "Europeanise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

Europeanisation (assimilation into European culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations

Synonyms:

Europeanise; Europeanize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "Europeanise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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