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martialize

martialize verb: to render martial; to equip for war.

Verb

martialize (third-person singular simple present martializes, present participle martializing, simple past and past participle martialized)

  1. To render martial; to equip for war.

Forms of martialize

third-person singular presentmartializes
present participlemartializing
past participlemartialized
pastmartialized

Origin of martialize

From martial + -ize.

Questions about martialize

What does martialize mean?
Martialize means to render martial; to equip for war.
What part of speech is martialize?
Martialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of martialize?
The past tense of martialize is martialized.

Words near martialize in the dictionary

  1. martialist
  2. martialists
  3. martialities
  4. martiality
  5. martialization
  6. martialize
  7. martialized
  8. martializes
  9. martializing
  10. martiall
  11. martially

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