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southernize, v.|ˈsʌðənaɪz|
[f. southern a.]
1. trans. To make southern in respect of language, form, character, etc.
1867Hymns Virgin Pref. p. x, Some of the poems bear traces of having been southernized from a Northern original. 1887Athenæum 15 Jan. 92/3 A copy, partially southernized in language, of a work originally written in pure northern dialect.
2. intr. To become southern in respect of quality or character (Cent. Dict. 1891).
Hence ˈsouthernized, ˈsouthernizing ppl. adjs.
1871Skeat in Joseph of Arimathie p. xi, The southernizing tendencies of the scribe. 1873Athenæum 23 Aug. 243/2 A slightly more southernized copy of the Trinity MS. 1890Gurnhill Monogr. Gainsborough Par. Reg. 26 ‘Churchmaster’ is a southernized form of Kirk-master. |