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Webster 1913 Edition
Imperialize
Im-pe′ri-al-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imperialized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imperializing
.] To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.
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Definition 2024
imperialize
imperialize
English
Verb
imperialize (third-person singular simple present imperializes, present participle imperializing, simple past and past participle imperialized)
- To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.
- To bring to the form of an empire.
- The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.