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Napoleonized

Napoleonized is the simple past and past participle of Napoleonize.

Meaning of Napoleonize

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

Questions about Napoleonized

What is Napoleonized the simple past and past participle of?
Napoleonized is the simple past and past participle of Napoleonize.

Words near Napoleonized in the dictionary

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

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