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Definition of Territorialize

1. Verb. Organize as a territory.

2. Verb. Place on a territorial basis. "The railways were territorialized"

3. Verb. Extend by adding territory.

Definition of Territorialize

1. v. t. To enlarge by extension of territory.

Definition of Territorialize

1. Verb. (transitive) To enlarge by extension of territory. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To reduce to the condition of a territory. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Territorialize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Territorialize

territorial matrix territorial reserve territorial water territorial waters territorialisation territorialise territorialism territorialisms territorialist territorialists

territorialities territoriality territorialization territorializations territorialize (current term) territorialized territorializes territorializing territorially territorials

territoried territories territory territs terroir terroirist terroirists terroirs terror

Literary usage of Territorialize

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

1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"How can they reduce the States to the condition of corporations, territorialize them, deprive them of their original, reserved, and guaranteed ..."

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