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federalizing

federalizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about federalizing

What is federalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Federalizing is the present participle and gerund of federalize.

Words near federalizing in the dictionary

  1. federalization
  2. federalizations
  3. federalize
  4. federalized
  5. federalizes
  6. federalizing
  7. federally
  8. Federally Administered Northern Areas
  9. Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  10. federalness
  11. federals

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