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Verb: industrialise  in'dús-tree-u`lIz
Usage: Brit (=industrialize)
  1. Organize (the production of something) into an industry
    "The Chinese industrialised textile production"
    - industrialize
     
  2. Develop industry; become industrial
    "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialise and catch up with the West"
    - industrialize

Derived forms: industrialising, industrialises, industrialised

See also: industrialisation [Brit], industrialism

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Industrialise