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abolitionise

abolitionise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.

Meaning of abolitionize

Verb

abolitionize (third-person singular simple present abolitionizes, present participle abolitionizing, simple past and past participle abolitionized)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
    • It will abolitionize the world. It will remove all objections but such as spring from negro prejudice.1838 June 28, “From the Philanthropist Depository of the Ohio A. S. Society”, in The Emancipator, volume III, number 9, page 36

Forms of abolitionise

third-person singular presentabolitionises
present participleabolitionising
past participleabolitionised
pastabolitionised

Origin of abolitionise

From abolition + -ise.

Questions about abolitionise

What is abolitionise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Abolitionise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.

Words near abolitionise in the dictionary

  1. abolition
  2. abolitional
  3. abolitionary
  4. abolitiondom
  5. abolitiondoms
  6. abolitionise
  7. abolitionised
  8. abolitionises
  9. abolitionising
  10. abolitionism
  11. abolitionisms

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