Tavernize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To frequent taverns; to go out drinking in taverns. intransitive

    "Samuel certainly was no saint, and seems to have been a perfect giant in tavernizing and junketing generally […]"

  2. 2
    To turn into a tavern, or adapt to the needs of taverns. transitive

    "In blithely demanding that America tavernize itself, the king ultimately sowed the seeds of his own doom. Taverns would come to serve the resistance more than they served the Crown […]"

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"Samuel certainly was no saint, and seems to have been a perfect giant in tavernizing and junketing generally […]"

Etymology

From tavern + -ize.

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