septembrize
septembrize verb: to motivate the common people to overthrow a ruling class by force, and to execute its leaders.
Verb (1)
septembrize (third-person singular simple present septembrizes, present participle septembrizing, simple past and past participle septembrized)
- To motivate the common people to overthrow a ruling class by force, and to execute its leaders.
- […] and no sooner had they septembrized France, than they would cross over, and, with the assistance of the travelling Orator, and the Spenceans, septembrize us in the same way.1817, Jeremy Bentham, Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism
Verb (2) capitalized: Septembrize
Septembrize (third-person singular simple present Septembrizes, present participle Septembrizing, simple past and past participle Septembrized)
- Alternative letter-case form of septembrize.
Forms of septembrize
| third-person singular present | septembrizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | septembrizing |
| past participle | septembrized |
| past | septembrized |
| third-person singular present | Septembrizes |
| present participle | Septembrizing |
| past participle | Septembrized |
| past | Septembrized |
Origin of septembrize
From French septembriser, a reference to the September massacres of Paris in 1797 during the French Revolution.
Words formed from septembrize
Questions about septembrize
- What does septembrize mean?
- Septembrize means to motivate the common people to overthrow a ruling class by force, and to execute its leaders.
- What part of speech is septembrize?
- Septembrize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of septembrize?
- The past tense of septembrize is septembrized.
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