Provinciate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Provinciate is a verb meaning (obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
Meaning
(obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
Example Sentences
a Designe to Provinciate the whole Kingdom
Accordingly, after having provinciated Egypt, the most productive corn country in the world, he set about repairing the reservoirs and canals which served to retain and distribute the waters of the Nile; and he did every thing possible to restore that rich country to its primitive state of fertility.
Word Forms
- provinciates
- provinciating
- provinciated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include provincialize, parochialize, puebloize, protestantize, proverbialize, transprose.
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