hostilize
hostilize verb: to make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
Verb
hostilize (third-person singular simple present hostilizes, present participle hostilizing, simple past and past participle hostilized)
- To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
- When England, Spain, Holland, and Russia united with the powers already hostilized against an impious nation, that had reduced robbery, murder, and profaneness to a cool and practical system, I thought there was the fairest prospect of their success .1794, Anna Seward, Letters of Anna Seward Letter 96, to Reverend T. S. Whalley.
- March 4, 1815, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis C. Grey, Esq.
if they go on checking, irritating, injuring and hostilizing us, they will force on us the motto “Carthago delenda est”.
hostilize meaning in Tamil
hostilize in Tamil
- பகை மூட்டுதல்
Forms of hostilize
| third-person singular present | hostilizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | hostilizing |
| past participle | hostilized |
| past | hostilized |
| alternative form | hostilise |
Origin of hostilize
From hostile + -ize.
Questions about hostilize
- What does hostilize mean?
- Hostilize means to make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
- What is hostilize in Tamil?
- Hostilize in Tamil is பகை மூட்டுதல். See Hostilize meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hostilize?
- Hostilize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hostilize?
- The past tense of hostilize is hostilized.
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