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fraternalize

fraternalize verb: to make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.

Verb

fraternalize (third-person singular simple present fraternalizes, present participle fraternalizing, simple past and past participle fraternalized)

  1. (transitive) To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
    • Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus
    • It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.1999, Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls
  2. (intransitive) To fraternize; to socialize.

Forms of fraternalize

third-person singular presentfraternalizes
present participlefraternalizing
past participlefraternalized
pastfraternalized

Origin of fraternalize

From fraternal + -ize.

Questions about fraternalize

What does fraternalize mean?
Fraternalize means to make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
What part of speech is fraternalize?
Fraternalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of fraternalize?
The past tense of fraternalize is fraternalized.

Words near fraternalize in the dictionary

  1. fraternalist
  2. fraternalistic
  3. fraternalists
  4. fraternality
  5. fraternalization
  6. fraternalize
  7. fraternalized
  8. fraternalizes
  9. fraternalizing
  10. fraternally
  11. fraternals

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