puritanize

== English == === Etymology === From Puritan +‎ -ize. === Verb === puritanize (third-person singular simple present puritanizes, present participle puritanizing, simple past and past participle puritanized) (ambitransitive) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. === References === “puritanize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.