deprovincialize
English edit
Etymology edit
de- + provincial + -ize
Verb edit
deprovincialize (third-person singular simple present deprovincializes, present participle deprovincializing, simple past and past participle deprovincialized)
- (transitive) To make less of provincial.
References edit
- “deprovincialize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.