continentalize

continentalize means to broaden or narrow in scope or focus so that the domain becomes the continent.

Etymology

From continental + -ize.

verb

To broaden or narrow in scope or focus so that the domain becomes the continent.e.g.“He who would continentalize our education would continentalize our history. I do not think that we shall be continentalized; I think that the movement has failed.” — 1900, American Education - Volume 3, page 205:
To spread throughout the continent.
To make or become more culturally European.e.g.“A continentalized Scotchman is a character with whom every one who has resided on the Continent is familiar; a continentalized Englishman, if not an unknown, is a very unusual phenomenon.” — 1860, The North British Review - Volume 33, page 73:
To visit Europe.
To make into a continent.e.g.“The river forms an island here which the ice now continentalizes.” — 1865, Sir William Howard Russell, Canada : Its Defences, Condition, and Resources, page 63:

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By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

continentalization 72% match — Modification to a continental form vs continentalize →
territorialize 64% match — To enlarge by extension of territory. vs continentalize →
continentwide 62% match — Across a whole continent. vs continentalize →
continentally 61% match — In a continental manner or to a continental extent vs continentalize →
continentalism 60% match — The adoption of common policies amongst the countries of a particular continent, especially continental Europe. vs continentalize →
delocalize 58% match — To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global). vs continentalize →
cosmopolitanize 58% match — To make cosmopolitan. vs continentalize →
colonialize 58% match — To make colonial. vs continentalize →