championizev.
/ˈtʃampɪənʌɪz/ rare.† 1. intransitive. To play the champion. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > act as warrior [verb (intransitive)]
championize1606
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 13 With a blunted Blade, To Championize vnder a Tented shade; As at your Tourneys.
1637 T. Heywood Man-hater in Dial. in Wks. (1874) VI. 190 To championise and wrestle.
2. transitive. To act as champion of.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend
to stand by ——OE
to speak for ——a1300
to stand for ——1384
maintainc1390
to stand up for1562
to stand out for?c1576
to stand to ——1582
patronize1595
stickle1632
to stick up for1792
championize1840
champion1844
to take up the cudgels1869
1840 A. Strickland Lives Queens of England III. 48 Louis duke of Orleans..undertook to championize her wrongs.
Derivatives
ˈchampionism n. action of championing; professed championship.Apparently an isolated use.
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1877 Academy 10 Mar. 206 Matthew Arnold's championism of Falkland..is just and excellent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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