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Tylerize

Tylerize verb: to abandon the political party to which political office is owed, as United States President John Tyler did during his term of office (1841-45), to defect to another party or political position while in office, to commit political apostasy.

Verb

Tylerize (third-person singular simple present Tylerizes, present participle Tylerizing, simple past and past participle Tylerized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To abandon the political party to which political office is owed, as United States President John Tyler did during his term of office (1841-45), to defect to another party or political position while in office, to commit political apostasy.
    • Seward was not trusted by Greeley, Phillips, Lovejoy, and the radicals of their complexion. They apprehended that after using the "American citizens of African descent," until he (Seward) should be safely seated in the Presidential chair, he would abandon the negro and "Tylerize" their Party...1864, Thomas Jefferson Miles, To All Whom It May Concern
    • "The great doctrine of equal rights will prevail," wrote Medill, of the Chicago "Tribune," to President Johnson in September, 1865, warning him not to Tylerize his party nor go back on those who had elected him.1902, The Outlook

Forms of Tylerize

third-person singular presentTylerizes
present participleTylerizing
past participleTylerized
pastTylerized

Origin of Tylerize

From Tyler + -ize.

Questions about Tylerize

What does Tylerize mean?
Tylerize means to abandon the political party to which political office is owed, as United States President John Tyler did during his term of office (1841-45), to defect to another party or political position while in office, to commit political apostasy.
What part of speech is Tylerize?
Tylerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Tylerize?
The past tense of Tylerize is Tylerized.

Words near Tylerize in the dictionary

  1. Tyler Hill
  2. Tylerism
  3. Tylerisms
  4. Tylerite
  5. Tylerites
  6. Tylerize
  7. Tylerized
  8. Tylerizes
  9. Tylerizing
  10. tylers
  11. Tylers Green

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