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sovereignize

sovereignize verb: to make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.

Verb

sovereignize (third-person singular simple present sovereignizes, present participle sovereignizing, simple past and past participle sovereignized)

  1. (transitive) To make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.
  2. (obsolete) To exercise supreme authority.
    • The firſt that ſovereignized over them that we read of was Cingis-chawn;1677, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. […], 4th edition, London: […] R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J[ohn] Wright, and R. Chiswell...

Forms of sovereignize

third-person singular presentsovereignizes
present participlesovereignizing
past participlesovereignized
pastsovereignized

Origin of sovereignize

From sovereign + -ize.

Questions about sovereignize

What does sovereignize mean?
Sovereignize means to make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.
What part of speech is sovereignize?
Sovereignize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sovereignize?
The past tense of sovereignize is sovereignized.

Words near sovereignize in the dictionary

  1. sovereignhood
  2. sovereigning
  3. sovereignism
  4. sovereignist
  5. sovereignists
  6. sovereignize
  7. sovereignized
  8. sovereignizes
  9. sovereignizing
  10. sovereignly
  11. sovereignness

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