territorialize

[ ter-i-tawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -tohr- ]

verb (used with object)

, ter·ri·to·ri·al·ized, ter·ri·to·ri·al·iz·ing.

1. to extend by adding new territory.
2. to reduce to the status of a territory.
3. to make territorial.

territorialize

/ ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make a territory of
2. to place on a territorial basis

   the militia was territorialized

3. to enlarge (a country) by acquiring more territory
4. to make territorial

Derived Forms

• ˌterriˌtorialiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• terri·tori·al·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of territorialize¹

First recorded in 1810–20; territorial + -ize

Example Sentences

He interpreted and territorialized Western styles and philosophies with Japanese notions of absence, emptiness, shadow and darkness.

From New York Times

For all of the beauty on display in “For All Mankind,” it is worth remembering that space exploration was, and remains, a deeply territorialized and perpetually contested political endeavor.

From The New Yorker

The Lincoln administration enlarged its powers, constructed a national banking system, sponsored new classes of manufacturers and financiers, began to build a transcontinental railroad, territorialized much of the trans-Mississippi West and abolished black slavery.

From Time

It is not our purpose to insist on the technical process of territorializing the conquered rebel States.

From Project Gutenberg