martializev.
/ˈmɑːʃl̩ʌɪz/, /ˈmɑːʃəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃəˌlaɪz/ rare.† 1. intransitive. Perhaps: to behave in a manner characteristic of Mars, the ancient Roman god of war. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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1582 G. Harvey Marginalia (1913) 193 Ouids Metamorphoses, nothing else, but Mercuries pageants, where Jupiter, and Apollo do euerywhere Mercurize for lyfe; and sumtymes Martialize uppon occasion.
2. transitive. To make martial; to provide with military training or instil with military values.
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society > armed hostility > war > wage (war) [verb (transitive)] > make warlike
flesh1530
martialize1600
1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D2v Downe to the world descended Mars..leauing the sacred skies, Only the muses deare to Martialize.
1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Secret Hist. House Medicis I. 57 Those who knew Coglione's..Humour, could not conceive, why, his army being the strongest and best martialliz'd [Fr. aguerrie], he trifl'd away his time..taking in little Places.
1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 126 The Rebellion broke out, and the genius of loyalty martialized the various classes of the community.
Derivatives
martialiˈzation n.
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society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > action of making warlike
martialization1848
1848 L. Hunt Town (1858) 439 [The march in The Marriage of Figaro] has ever since been played there to the martialisation of hundreds of little boys.
1990 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 49 481 The subvention and protection of north Indian dominant caste communities, and the martialization of their culture, were but two of the many ways in which South Asia paid the price of liberal Britain's prosperity and progress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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