republicanize

American  

[ri-puhb-li-kuh-nahyz] / rɪˈpʌb lɪ kəˌnaɪz /

especially British, republicanise

verb (used with object)

republicanized, republicanizing

1. to make republican.

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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

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.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

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.

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

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.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various