westernize

Verb (transitive)

west=ern=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

westernize(v = verb.change) occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise - make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived form adjective western₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

westernize, v.tr. (also Westernize, -ise) influence with or convert to the ideas and customs etc. of the West.

Derivative

westernization n. westernizer n.

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