abolitionize
[ ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz ]
/ ˌæb əˈlɪʃ əˌnaɪz /
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verb (used with object), ab·o·li·tion·ized, ab·o·li·tion·iz·ing.
(esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.
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Also especially British, ab·o·li·tion·ise .
Words nearby abolitionize
aboil, abolish, abolition, abolitionism, abolitionist, abolitionize, abolla, bolt from the blue, a, abomasum, A-bomb, Abomey
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Example sentences from the Web for abolitionize
The fact of separation on the ground supposed, would abolitionize the whole North.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery SocietyIt will abolitionize the Border Slave States—it will brand our institution.
But they were to abolitionize Kansas, according to this report, and for what purpose?
The Life of Lyman Trumbull|Horace WhiteThey had proposed by the ballot box to abolitionize at least that portion of the State.
The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist|Annie Heloise Abel