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Verb: westernise  'wes-tu(r),nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: westernize)
  1. Make western in character
    "The country was westernised after it opened up";
    - occidentalize, occidentalise [Brit], westernize

Derived forms: westernising, westernised, westernises

Type of: alter, change, modify

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