continentalize

US: (kon′tn en′tl īz′)

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con•ti•nen•tal•ize  (kon′tn en′tl īz′), v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to make continental, as in scope or character.
2. (sometimes cap.) to influence with European ideas or culture.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] con′ti•nen′tal•ise′. 

• continental + -ize 1850–55

con′ti•nen′tal•i•za′tion, n.