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federalise

federalise is the alternative spelling of federalize.

Meaning of federalize

Verb

federalize (third-person singular simple present federalizes, present participle federalizing, simple past and past participle federalized)

  1. (transitive) To unite into a federation.
  2. (transitive) To bring under federal control.
    • If the president invokes the Insurrection Act [of 1807], it temporarily suspends Posse Comitatus and allows him to federalize the National Guard and deploy active duty troops to suppress any uprising that interferes with the execution of state or federal law.2025 January 30, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Trump taps the military for immigration crackdown. Are there limits to using troops?”, in The Christian Science Monitor
  3. (transitive) To change (a unitary state) into a federation.

Forms of federalise

third-person singular presentfederalises
present participlefederalising
past participlefederalised
pastfederalised

Origin of federalise

From federal + -ise.

Questions about federalise

What is federalise the alternative spelling of?
Federalise is the alternative spelling of federalize.

Words near federalise in the dictionary

  1. federale
  2. federales
  3. federalese
  4. federalisation
  5. federalisations
  6. federalise
  7. federalised
  8. federalises
  9. federalising
  10. federalism
  11. federalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: federalise (page history and authors); federalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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