negroize

\\-ˌīz\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)

Usage: sometimes capitalized

1. : to cause to be Negro (as in qualities, personnel)

negroized speech

a new negroized stage production

a negroized unit

2. : to imbue with negroism

a negroized philanthropic group

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/nee"groh uyz'/, v.t., Negroized, Negroizing.

1. to cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of blacks.

2. to infuse or imbue with Negroism.

Also, esp. Brit., Negroise.

[1885-90; NEGRO + -IZE]