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militarise

militarise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of militarize.

Meaning of militarize

Verb

militarize (third-person singular simple present militarizes, present participle militarizing, simple past and past participle militarized)

  1. To give a military character to something, such as government or organization.
  2. To train or equip for war.
  3. To adopt for use by the military.

Forms of militarise

third-person singular presentmilitarises
present participlemilitarising
past participlemilitarised
pastmilitarised

Origin of militarise

From military + -ise.

Words formed from militarise

Questions about militarise

What is militarise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Militarise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of militarize.

Words near militarise in the dictionary

  1. militaries
  2. militarily
  3. militariness
  4. militarisation
  5. militarisations
  6. militarise
  7. militarised
  8. militarises
  9. militarising
  10. militarism
  11. militarisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: militarise (page history and authors); militarize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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