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imperialize

imperialize verb: to invest with imperial authority, character, or style.

Verb

imperialize (third-person singular simple present imperializes, present participle imperializing, simple past and past participle imperialized)

  1. To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.
  2. To bring to the form of an empire.
    • The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.

Forms of imperialize

third-person singular presentimperializes
present participleimperializing
past participleimperialized
pastimperialized
alternative Commonwealthimperialise

Origin of imperialize

From imperial + -ize.

Questions about imperialize

What does imperialize mean?
Imperialize means to invest with imperial authority, character, or style.
What part of speech is imperialize?
Imperialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of imperialize?
The past tense of imperialize is imperialized.

Words near imperialize in the dictionary

  1. imperialistically
  2. imperialists
  3. imperialities
  4. imperiality
  5. imperialization
  6. imperialize
  7. imperialized
  8. imperializes
  9. imperializing
  10. imperiall
  11. imperially

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