contiˈnentalize, v.
[f. continental a. + -ize.]
1. intr. To make a continental tour; to travel on the Continent. (nonce-use.)
| 1855 Chamb. Jrnl. IV. 314 During the time they ruralised and continentalised. |
2. trans. To make continental, impart a continental character to; spec. with reference to the continent of Europe.
| 1880 Daily Tel. 22 Sept., The young American artist goes back to his country ‘continentalised’ to the finger-tips. 1883 E. P. Hood Scot. Charact. v, A continentalized Scotchman. |