continentalise

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A form of continentalize — To broaden or narrow in scope or focus so that the domain becomes the continent.

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Meanings

verbcontinentalise (third-person singular simple present continentalises, present participle continentalising, simple past and past participle continentalised)

present singular third person continentalises · participle present continentalising · participle past continentalised · past continentalised

  1. alternativeAlternative form of continentalize.

    By March Che's plans gradually and carefully to continentalise the struggle were also proving unattainable.

    2009, Simon Reid-Henry, Fidel and Che: The Revolutionary Friendship Between Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
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    I have no doubt Mrs. Sparkleton will continentalise, and, unless you have lost all regard for Lord Fitzhauton, — you had better not drive him to despair.

    1851, The gold-worshippers: or, The days we live in., page 95

    I know that there are some persons who object to it upon moral grounds ; they say that it will continentalise England ; and introduce practices and opinions which I do not believe anything can introduce.

    1883, Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Select Committee on the Channel Tunnel, Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords
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APA

continentalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continentalise

MLA

“continentalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continentalise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “continentalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continentalise.

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