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federalize, v.|ˈfɛdərəlaɪz|
[f. federal a. + -ize.]
a. trans. To make federal, unite in federal union.
b. To decentralize; to take from the central authority and hand over to federal bodies in the state, or to federal states in a union.
1801W. Dupré Neolog. Fr. Dict. 116 Fédéraliser, to federalize; to form confederacies, or factions, as that of the Brissotines, or Girondistes. 1847Craig, Federalize, to unite in compact, as different states; to confederate for political purposes. 1885Pall Mall G. 29 June 12/1 Advice which may be condensed into one short sentence—Federalize the fleet. 1885Manch. Exam. 6 July 5/2 We are asked to federalise our institutions. 1889Times 30 Oct. 8/2 He was not likely to suppose that we could federalize a part of a realm.
Hence ˈfederalized, ˈfederalizing ppl. adjs.
1884Pall Mall G. 4 Apr. 11/2 He established in Australia 300 federalized branches of the National League. 1889Spectator 9 Nov. 627/2 The federalising revolution even Mr. Morley himself ridicules. |