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. Paxton Hood, Scot. Charact., v. 98. It is far more usual to meet with a continentalized Scotchman than a continentalized Englishman.
