asweddumize

English

Alternative forms

  • asweddumise

Etymology

    From Sinhalese අස්වැද්දුම (aswædduma) +‎ -ize. First attested in 1857.[1]

    Verb

    asweddumize (third-person singular simple present asweddumizes, present participle asweddumizing, simple past and past participle asweddumized)

    1. (Sri Lanka) To prepare unproductive land for cultivation (especially of rice).
      • 1862, Owen W. C. Morgan, editor, A Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court Sitting at Colombo, Since the Promulgation of the Charter of 1833‎[1], Colombo: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, page xlvii:
        […] of a party who asweddumizes another's lands with his assent...

    References

    1. ^ “asweddumize, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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