machiavellise

machiavellise is the alternative form of Machiavellize.

Meaning of Machiavellize

Machiavellize (third-person singular simple present Machiavellizes, present participle Machiavellizing, simple past and past participle Machiavellized)

To behave in a Machiavellian manner; to be cunning and manipulative.
- The boss has the magic of dividing the workers, he 'Machiavellizes. '1983, Geoffrey E. Fox, Organizing the New Immigrants, page 6
To make Machiavellian.
- Leninism might be defined as the desperate form of Marxism, an attempt to save Marxism by Machiavellizing it, but Marx's own work is in my view also marked by desperation.1987, Eric Bentley, Thinking about the Playwright: Comments from Four Decades

Machiavellise (third-person singular simple present Machiavellises, present participle Machiavellising, simple past and past participle Machiavellised)

(alternative) Alternative form of Machiavellize.
- Can it not re-erect itself, conquer, destroy, rebuild, and so Machiavellise itself, that the world can by no means escape it?1848, Jacopo Leone, The Jesuit conspiracy, page 82
- Can it not re-erect itself, conquer, destroy, rebuild, and so Machiavellise itself, that the world can by no means escape it?"1850, The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine)., page 417

third-person singular present	machiavellises
present participle	machiavellising
past participle	machiavellised
past	machiavellised
third-person singular present	Machiavellises
present participle	Machiavellising
past participle	Machiavellised
past	Machiavellised

What is machiavellise the alternative form of?: Machiavellise is the alternative form of Machiavellize.
What part of speech is machiavellise?: Machiavellise is a verb.
What is the past tense of machiavellise?: The past tense of machiavellise is machiavellised.

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