puritanizeEtymologyFrom Puritan + -ize.verbTo agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.“M. PERKINS , in his Probleme though hee ſaine would puritanize it , and ſo goeth on, hanging hoofe againſt hoofe, yet confeſſeth, that the Fathers uſed to arm themſelves againſt the Divell with the ſigne of the Croſſe”