ISLAMIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Islamize mean? 

• ISLAMIZE (verb)
  The verb ISLAMIZE has 2 senses:

1. cause to conform to Islamic law

2. convert to Islam

  Familiarity information: ISLAMIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISLAMIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they islamize    ... he / she / it islamizes   
Past simple: islamized   
Past participle: islamized   
-ing form: islamizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to conform to Islamic law

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

Islamise; Islamize

Context example:

Islamize the dietary laws

Hypernyms (to "Islamize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Convert to Islam

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

Islamise; Islamize

Context example:

The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century

Hypernyms (to "Islamize" is one way to...):

convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)

Cause:

convert (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody