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republicanize

republicanize verb: to convert (a state etc.) to republican principles.

Verb

republicanize (third-person singular simple present republicanizes, present participle republicanizing, simple past and past participle republicanized)

  1. (transitive) To convert (a state etc.) to republican principles.
    • France was republicanized.
    • June 14, 1807, Thomas Jefferson, "Letter to John Norvell"
      He has taken the text of Hume as his ground work, abridging it by the omission of some details of little interest, and wherever he has found him endeavoring to mislead, by either the suppression of a truth or by giving it a false coloring...

Forms of republicanize

third-person singular presentrepublicanizes
present participlerepublicanizing
past participlerepublicanized
pastrepublicanized

Origin of republicanize

From republican + -ize. Compare French républicaniser.

Words formed from republicanize

Questions about republicanize

What does republicanize mean?
Republicanize means to convert (a state etc.) to republican principles.
What part of speech is republicanize?
Republicanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of republicanize?
The past tense of republicanize is republicanized.

Words near republicanize in the dictionary

  1. republicanist
  2. republicanists
  3. Republicanitis
  4. republicanization
  5. republicanizations
  6. republicanize
  7. republicanized
  8. republicanizer
  9. republicanizers
  10. republicanizes
  11. republicanizing

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