ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌnīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize, sometimes capitalized
transitive verb
1. : to imbue with qualities native to or associated with a western region and especially the western United States
2. : occidentalize
was Westernizing his subjects by force, like any good Eastern autocrat — A.L.Kroeber
intransitive verb
: to become occidentalized
wish to westernize even while ridding themselves of Western rule — A.G.Meyer