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coalise, -ize, v.|ˈkəʊəlaɪz|
[a. F. coalise-r, f. coalition, after analogy of some words in -iser.]
To enter into, or form, a coalition. Hence ˈcoalised ppl. a. [= F. coalisé], ˈcoaliser. (Chiefly in reference to the coalition of European Powers against the first French Republic.)
1794Ld. Sheffield in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 224, I called on all my old friends, the new coalisers, but did not see one of them. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. iii. ii. ii, Europe seems coalising itself again. Ibid. iii. ii. viii, The coalised Kings threaten us; we hurl at their feet, as gage of battle, the Head of a King. 1837Thackeray Carlyle's Fr. Rev., Coalized Kings made war upon France. 1859Sat. Rev. VII. 118/1 The coalized monarchs. |