Definition of Territorialize

1. Verb. Organize as a territory.

Exact synonyms: Territorialise
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Territorialisation, Territorialization

2. Verb. Place on a territorial basis. "The railways were territorialized"
Exact synonyms: Territorialise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Territorialisation, Territorialization

3. Verb. Extend by adding territory.
Exact synonyms: Territorialise
Generic synonyms: Broaden, Extend, Widen

Definition of Territorialize

1. v. t. To enlarge by extension of territory.

Definition of Territorialize

1. Verb. (transitive) To enlarge by extension of territory. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To reduce to the condition of a territory. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Territorialize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Territorialize

territorial matrix
territorial reserve
territorial water
territorial waters
territorialisation
territorialise
territorialism
territorialisms
territorialist
territorialists
territorialities
territoriality
territorialization
territorializations
territorialize
territorialized
territorializes
territorializing
territorially
territorials
territoried
territories
territory
territs
terroir
terroirist
terroirists
terroirs
terror

Literary usage of Territorialize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"How can they reduce the States to the condition of corporations, territorialize them, deprive them of their original, reserved, and guaranteed ..."

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