agriculturize

English

Alternative forms

agriculturize (Commonwealth)

Etymology

agriculture +‎ -ize

Verb

agriculturize (third-person singular simple present agriculturizes, present participle agriculturizing, simple past and past participle agriculturized)

(transitive) To convert (land) for agricultural use.
The settlers agriculturized the forest to grow crops.
(transitive) To convert (a community) to use agriculture (rather than hunting and gathering, or industry, etc).

Synonyms

agriculturalize

Related terms

agricultural

Translations

to convert land

Spanish: agriculturizar

to convert a community

Spanish: agriculturizar