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illiberalize

illiberalize verb: to make illiberal.

Verb

illiberalize (third-person singular simple present illiberalizes, present participle illiberalizing, simple past and past participle illiberalized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make illiberal.

Forms of illiberalize

third-person singular presentilliberalizes
present participleilliberalizing
past participleilliberalized
pastilliberalized

Origin of illiberalize

From illiberal + -ize.

Questions about illiberalize

What does illiberalize mean?
Illiberalize means to make illiberal.
What part of speech is illiberalize?
Illiberalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of illiberalize?
The past tense of illiberalize is illiberalized.

Words near illiberalize in the dictionary

  1. illiberalising
  2. illiberalism
  3. illiberalisms
  4. illiberalities
  5. illiberality
  6. illiberalize
  7. illiberalized
  8. illiberalizes
  9. illiberalizing
  10. illiberally
  11. illiberalness

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