Definition of Territorialise

1. Verb. Organize as a territory.

Exact synonyms: Territorialize
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Territorialisation, Territorialization

2. Verb. Place on a territorial basis. "The railways were territorialized"
Exact synonyms: Territorialize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Territorialisation, Territorialization

3. Verb. Extend by adding territory.
Exact synonyms: Territorialize
Generic synonyms: Broaden, Extend, Widen

Definition of Territorialise

1. Verb. (alternative form of territorialize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Territorialise

terrifyingness
terrigenous
terrine
terrines
territ
territorial
territorial division
territorial dominion
territorial matrices
territorial matrix
territorial reserve
territorial water
territorial waters
territorialisation
territorialise (current term)
territorialism
territorialisms
territorialist
territorialists
territorialities
territoriality
territorialization
territorializations
territorialize
territorialized
territorializes
territorializing
territorially
territorials

Literary usage of Territorialise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse, Francis Lister Hawks Pott, A. T. Piry (1908)
"... laws and to extra- territorialise him ; but is it for a moment to be supposed that this was the intention of the negotiators, even on the German side ? ..."

2. The Attaché at Peking (1900)
"Especially is this the case with certain Roman Catholics, who have always endeavoured to "extra-territorialise" their converts, that is, to exact for them ..."

3. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1897)
"In addition to being the first to actually territorialise the Army, Mr. Childers elaborated a scheme devised to avoid the compulsory retirement of officers ..."

4. The Story of Shanghai, from the Opening of the Port to Foreign Trade by J. W. Maclellan (1889)
"It is now proposed to extra-territorialise the Chinese in the Settlement, to tax them for Municipal purposes, ..."

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