mediatize

American  

[mee-dee-uh-tahyz] / ˈmi di əˌtaɪz /

especially British, mediatise

verb (used with object)

mediatized, mediatizing

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

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mediatize British  

/ ˈmiːdɪəˌtaɪz /

verb

1. (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

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

From Project Gutenberg

Napoleon, however, dissembled his displeasure; for he had his army to re-organize, to give the grand duchy of Berg to Murat, his brother-in-law, Neufchatel to Berthier, to conquer Naples for his brother Joseph, to mediatize Switzerland, to dissolve the Germanic body, and to create the Rhenish confederation, of which he declared himself protector; to change the republic of Holland into a kingdom, and to give it to his brother Louis.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

Another proof and a still stronger one of the great integrity and honor of this excellent Prince, is, that when Napoleon offered to mediatize in his favor the various ducal Houses in Saxony, such as Weimar, Gotha, Cobourg, etc., and to annex these countries to his dominions, he declined the offer.

From Project Gutenberg