Also Tatarize. [f. TARTAR sb.2 + -IZE.] trans. To convert or transform into a Tartar. Hence Tartarized ppl. a.; also Tartarization2, the process of Tartarizing, the condition of being Tartarized.
1877. D. M. Wallace, Russia, xxii. 347. The Khans never for a moment dreamed of attempting to Tartarize their Russian subjects.
1878. H. A. Webster, in Encycl. Brit., VIII. 702/2. The Tchuvashes are a Tatarized branch of the Finns of the Volga.
1889. J. Abercrombie, East. Caucasus, 210. To the west of Derbend I found Tāts who … are in process of becoming wholly Tatarized.
