"Africanize" meaning in English

See Africanize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: Africanizes [present, singular, third-person], Africanizing [participle, present], Africanized [participle, past], Africanized [past]
Etymology: From African + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|African|ize}} African + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Africanize (third-person singular simple present Africanizes, present participle Africanizing, simple past and past participle Africanized)
  1. (transitive, American spelling) To make African. Tags: US, transitive Synonyms: Africanise Derived forms: Africanization Translations (to make African): afrikaniseren (Dutch), afrikigi (Esperanto), africaniser (French), africanizar (Galician), afrykanizować (Polish), africanizar (Portuguese), africanizar (Spanish), afrikanisera (Swedish), Phi hóa (Vietnamese), châu Phi hóa (Vietnamese), Phi châu hóa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Africanize-en-verb-NnvZ1URe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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