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imperializing

imperializing is the present participle and gerund of imperialize.

Meaning of imperialize

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.

Questions about imperializing

What is imperializing the present participle and gerund of?
Imperializing is the present participle and gerund of imperialize.

Words near imperializing in the dictionary

  1. imperiality
  2. imperialization
  3. imperialize
  4. imperialized
  5. imperializes
  6. imperializing
  7. imperiall
  8. imperially
  9. imperialness
  10. imperials
  11. imperialty

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