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Napoleonize

Napoleonize verb: to rule completely.

Verb

Napoleonize (third-person singular simple present Napoleonizes, present participle Napoleonizing, simple past and past participle Napoleonized)

  1. (transitive) To rule completely.
  2. (transitive) To aggrandize.
    • This did Thayer in a little over a decade Napoleonize the Military Academy and move it far to the right of what was intended by its founders, blending in typical knightly style the ideal of formal religious worship and a highly regulated system of physiacl training, as well as a tattletale system...2004, Robert J. Higgs, God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in America, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 80

Forms of Napoleonize

third-person singular presentNapoleonizes
present participleNapoleonizing
past participleNapoleonized
pastNapoleonized
alternative formNapoleonise

Origin of Napoleonize

From Napoleon + -ize.

Questions about Napoleonize

What does Napoleonize mean?
Napoleonize means to rule completely.
What part of speech is Napoleonize?
Napoleonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Napoleonize?
The past tense of Napoleonize is Napoleonized.

Words near Napoleonize in the dictionary

  1. Napoleonist syndrome
  2. Napoleonistic
  3. Napoleonists
  4. napoleonite
  5. napoleonites
  6. Napoleonize
  7. Napoleonized
  8. Napoleonizes
  9. Napoleonizing
  10. Napoleonizings
  11. napoleonka

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