"Zuluize" meaning in English

See Zuluize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: Zuluizes [present, singular, third-person], Zuluizing [participle, present], Zuluized [participle, past], Zuluized [past], Zuluise [alternative]
Etymology: From Zulu + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Zulu|ize}} Zulu + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Zuluize (third-person singular simple present Zuluizes, present participle Zuluizing, simple past and past participle Zuluized)
  1. (transitive) To make Zulu; to adapt to the Zulu culture or language. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2002, J. C. Buthelezi, Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela: an ecological study, page 227:",
          "text": "Whether this Zuluizing of Mashiloane by Strijdom and Zuluizing of Mtolo by Baba Mandela were coincidences^([sic]), they unfortunately foreshadow the anti-Zulu sentiments […]",
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