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savagize

verb

Etymology

From savage + -ize.

  1. derived from silvāticus
  2. derived from salvāticus
  3. derived from sauvage
  4. inherited from savage
  5. suffixed as savagize — “savage + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make savage

    To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.

    • […] the chiefs came to a determination, that Jewitt should be married (they knew better than to think of savagizing Thompson) […]
    • But there are many tribes of Indians and islanders more expert with their canoes — as for example the Alaskans and the Kanakas — than any European, however savagized by forest life.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA