Ambitionize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become ambitious.

    "Here is the Rua do Alecrim, consisting of a dismantled hut on one side, faced by seven poor tenements, of which one, by affecting a square box as an upper story, ambitionizes the title of " Sobradinho.""

Example

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"Here is the Rua do Alecrim, consisting of a dismantled hut on one side, faced by seven poor tenements, of which one, by affecting a square box as an upper story, ambitionizes the title of " Sobradinho.""

Etymology

From ambition + -ize.

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