dockizev.
/ˈdɒkʌɪz/ transitive. To transform (a river) into a range of docks.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > furnish with harbours or ports [verb (transitive)] > convert into range of docks
dockize1877
1877 A. Forrow Thames & its Docks 61 Could the good people of Bristol be induced to dockise that very erratic stream.
Derivatives
dockiˈzation n. conversion into docks.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > dock > range of docks > conversion into docks
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dockization1893
1893 De Ridder (title) Dockization v. docks. Letter..to the Mayor..of Bristol.
1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 Mar. 140/1 The dockisation scheme..a proposal to construct a dam across the mouth of the Avon.
ˈdockized adj.
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1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Dec. 5/9 The proposed ‘dockized’ portion.
ˈdockizing n.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > dock > range of docks > conversion into docks
dockizing1881
dockization1893
1881 Nature 5 May 17/2 The process called ‘dockising’, or damming a river at its mouth.
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