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imperialize

verb

Etymology

From imperial + -ize.

  1. derived from imperiālis
  2. derived from imperial
  3. inherited from imperial
  4. suffixed as imperialize — “imperial + ize”

Definitions

  1. To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.

  2. To bring to the form of an empire.

    • The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.

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