English

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Etymology

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From chicken +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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chickenize (third-person singular simple present chickenizes, present participle chickenizing, simple past and past participle chickenized)

  1. (transitive) To make chicken-like or suitable for chickens.
  2. (rare, idiomatic, transitive) To make (an industry or field of commerce) into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.

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