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Hibernize, v. rare.|ˈhaɪbənaɪz|
[f. L. type *Hibern-us Irish (f. Hibernia) + -ize.]
1. trans. = Hibernicize.
1771Macpherson Introd. Hist. Gt. Brit. 66 The proper terms..being Latin words hibernized. 1836E. Howard R. Reefer xxxv, Not yet having sufficiently Hibernised my taste to luxuriate on Raleigh's root.
2. intr. To act as an Irishman.
1779Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) II. 234 If you do not Hibernize, you might at least Bentinckize.
Hence Hiberniˈzation, a making Irish.
1844G. S. Faber Eight Diss. (1845) II. 268 This word likewise escapes Sir William's hibernisation. 1894Forum (U.S.) Apr. 193 The usual Hibernization of the police force and the city departments promptly followed. |