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republicanize

American  
[ri-puhb-li-kuh-nahyz] / rɪˈpʌb lɪ kəˌnaɪz /
especially British, republicanise

verb (used with object)

republicanized, republicanizing
  1. to make republican.


republicanize British  
/ rɪˈpʌblɪkəˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to make republican

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Other Word Forms

  • republicanization noun
  • republicanizer noun

Etymology

Origin of republicanize

1790–1800; < French républicaniser, equivalent to républicain republican + -iser -ize

Example Sentences

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But, after a brief period of those terrible disclosures, his pains totally ceased, his mind grew clear; and he acknowledged that he was one of the leading agents of a National Conspiracy to republicanize Ireland.

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Many years before the Raid Mr. Kruger had a well-defined policy to republicanize South Africa, and the Uitlanders of the Transvaal were quite alive to it, as may be gathered by reference to their newspapers.

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They are colonized here, from commissioner in charge down to private, in a cheek-by-jowl fashion that shows their ability to unbend and republicanize on occasion.

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The President's message of December 2, 1823, amounted to a rejection of the Holy Alliance as guardian of the world's peace, of Canning's request for an entente, and of the proposal that the United States enter upon a campaign to republicanize the world.

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