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macadamize (verb), macadamizes; macadamizing; macadamized
1. To construct or to pave a road with small, broken stones that are bound together with asphalt or tar: Mark Twain was an early advocate of bicycle transportation, for example he was quoted in an 1895 edition of Portland’s Oregonian newspaper as suggesting the city macadamize its streets and to purchase bicycles, and rent them out to the citizens.

From Fletcher Moore Twain’s Bike Lessons; "Poets & Writers" (New York); September/October 2011.

2. Etymology: Named after John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836), civil engineer, who pioneered this method of building a road and the word was originally a trademark, that was coined by combining tar + McAdam.
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