monarchizing

Verb

monarchize (third-person singular simple present monarchizes, present participle monarchizing, simple past and past participle monarchized)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To rule; to govern
   • As Britain-founding Brute first Monarchiz’d the Land:1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
2. (transitive) To convert to a monarchy.
   • […] so far we shall be from mending our condition by monarchizing our government, whatever new conceit now possesses us.1660, John Milton, The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth and the Excellence Therof Compar’d with the Inconveniences and Dangers of Readmitting Kingship in This Nation, London...
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or play the part of a monarch.
   • […] within the hollow crown
     That rounds the mortal temples of a king
     Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits,
     Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,
     Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
     To monarchize, be fear’d and kill with looks […]1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...