mediatize

American

[mee-dee-uh-tahyz] / ˈmi di əˌtaɪz /

especially British, mediatise

verb (used with object)

mediatized, mediatizing

to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign.

mediatize British

/ ˈmiːdɪəˌtaɪz /

verb

(tr) to annex (a state) to another state, allowing the former ruler to retain his title and some authority

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Other Word Forms

mediatization noun

Etymology

Origin of mediatize

1820–30; mediate + -ize, modeled on German mediatisieren

Example Sentences

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It will be necessary to mediatize a large number of them.

From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de

How often in the weary years that were to follow I wished that some one would materially mediatize the task which fell to my lot!

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.

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