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Definition of Provincialize
1. v. t. To render provincial.
Definition of Provincialize
1. Verb. (transitive) To render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provincialize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provincialize
Literary usage of Provincialize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The moist uniform climatic phase of the early Tertiary would tend to develop
large forest living and aquatic forms and restrict and provincialize the more ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1885)
"This little planet could not provincialize such a man." It is interesting indeed
to find the general impression of a man held by his own life-long mates, ..."
3. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"It would provincialize Mount Vernon and give this capitol over to desolation at
the very moment when the dome is rising over our heads that was to be ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"He must dwarf and provincialize his patriotism to the State on whose local passion
he thrives, to the country where he practises court, or to the city where ..."
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