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veteranize

veteranize verb: to make veteran.

Verb

veteranize (third-person singular simple present veteranizes, present participle veteranizing, simple past and past participle veteranized)

  1. (transitive) To make veteran.
  2. (US, dated, intransitive) To reenlist for service as a soldier.
    • About this time we were much embarrassed by a general order of the War Department, promising a thirty-days furlough to all soldiers who would "veteranize"1875, General William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman

Forms of veteranize

third-person singular presentveteranizes
present participleveteranizing
past participleveteranized
pastveteranized

Origin of veteranize

From veteran + -ize.

Questions about veteranize

What does veteranize mean?
Veteranize means to make veteran.
What part of speech is veteranize?
Veteranize is a verb.
What is the past tense of veteranize?
The past tense of veteranize is veteranized.

Words near veteranize in the dictionary

  1. veteran car
  2. veteran cars
  3. veterancy
  4. veteraness
  5. veteranesses
  6. veteranize
  7. veteranized
  8. veteranizes
  9. veteranizing
  10. Veteranos
  11. veterans

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