Hibernizev.
/ˈhʌɪbənʌɪz/ rare.
1. transitive. = Hibernicize v.
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1771 J. Macpherson Introd. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland 66 The proper terms..being Latin words hibernized.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxv Not yet having sufficiently Hibernised my taste to luxuriate on Raleigh's root.
2. intransitive. To act as an Irishman.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [verb (intransitive)]
Hibernize1779
Iricize1863
1779 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) II. 234 If you do not Hibernize, you might at least Bentinckize.
Derivatives
Hiberniˈzation n. a making Irish.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > making
Hibernization1845
1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. iv. 268 This word likewise escapes Sir William's hibernisation.
1894 Forum (U.S.) Apr. 193 The usual Hibernization of the police force and the city departments promptly followed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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