constitutionalize
constitutionalize verb: to incorporate into a constitution.
Verb
constitutionalize (third-person singular simple present constitutionalizes, present participle constitutionalizing, simple past and past participle constitutionalized)
- To incorporate into a constitution
- To provide with a constitution
- To make constitutional
- Governmental searches of vehicles regularly occur via exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement; a myriad of decisions have constitutionalized warrantless searches of vehicles, their compartments, their containers and even their occupants.2021 May 17, Lenese Herbert, “In unanimous Fourth Amendment ruling, a reminder that there is, in fact, no place like home”, in SCOTUSblog
Forms of constitutionalize
| third-person singular present | constitutionalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | constitutionalizing |
| past participle | constitutionalized |
| past | constitutionalized |
Origin of constitutionalize
From constitutional + -ize.
Words formed from constitutionalize
Questions about constitutionalize
- What does constitutionalize mean?
- Constitutionalize means to incorporate into a constitution.
- What part of speech is constitutionalize?
- Constitutionalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of constitutionalize?
- The past tense of constitutionalize is constitutionalized.
Words near constitutionalize in the dictionary
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