abolitionize

American  

[ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz] / ˌæb əˈlɪʃ əˌnaɪz /

especially British, abolitionise

verb (used with object)

abolitionized, abolitionizing

1. (esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.

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Etymology

Origin of abolitionize

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; abolition + -ize

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Example Sentences

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abolitionize abolitionized abolitionizing

But they were to abolitionize Kansas, according to this report, and for what purpose?

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

It was commonly believed that after Kansas, Missouri would be abolitionized.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson

Northern reformers turned all Southerners into vigorous advocates of human bondage, while Southern radicals finally abolitionized the North.

From Lincoln, the Politician by T. Aaron Levy

They shrunk from the reproach of being "abolitionized."

From Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by John George Nicolay

You mistake," I said, "in thinking the North is abolitionized.

From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by James R. Gilmore

The Missouri Blue Lodges were defensive organizations, called into existence by the fear that the "abolitionizing" of Kansas was the prelude to a warfare upon slavery in Missouri.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson

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