missionize (English, verb)
expansion: missionize (third-person singular simple present missionizes, present participle missionizing, simple past and past participle missionized)
Senses:
glosses: To work as a missionary; to do missionary work.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To do missionary work among (a people) or in (a particular place).
tags: transitive
glosses: To teach and to bring under the control of European religion and culture through the mission system, as the Spanish did with Native Americans in their colonies.
tags: historical
transitive
glosses: To make suitable for a military (or intelligence gathering, etc) mission.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: missionizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: missionizing
tags: participle
present
form: missionized
tags: participle
past
form: missionized
tags: past
form: missionise
tags: alternative