释义 |
ˈpolitize, v. rare. [f. polity1 + -ize.] †1. a. trans. To deal with or treat (a matter) politicly, diplomatically, or craftily. b. intr. To deal politicly or diplomatically. Obs.
1598Tofte Alba (1880) 65 Matters of state we vse to politize, Procrastinating for aduantage great. 1641Milton Reform. ii. Wks. 1851 III. 66 Let us not..stand hankering and politizing, when God..points us out the way. 2. intr. †a. To have political relations. Obs. b. To deal in politics. rare.
1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. To Rdr. 12 The Hebrew it selfe..temporizing with ægypt, politizing with Chaldea, merchandizing with Syria,..&c. grew so out of knowledge among the people, that they vnderstood not our Sauiours Eli, Eli. 1900Blackw. Mag. Feb. 182/1 To politise in advance is foreign to our nature. 3. trans. To make into citizens.
1884J. Rae Contemp. Socialism iii. 123 Its [the state's] inhabitants must be politized, for they, all of them, constitute the polis. |