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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)

  1. To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.
  2. To bring to the form of an empire.
    The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.

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