municipalizev.
/mjᵿˈnɪsᵻpəlʌɪz/, /mjᵿˈnɪsᵻpl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /mjuˈnɪsəpəˌlaɪz/, /mjəˈnɪsəpəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To bring under municipal ownership, control, or influence; to endow (a city, etc.) with municipal institutions. Also intransitive.
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the mind > possession > owning > own [verb (transitive)] > own jointly or communally > municipalize
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [verb (transitive)] > municipalize
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1797 Newcastle Chron. 1 July By the Preliminaries, signed between France and Austria, the whole left bank of the Rhine, as it was municipalized in 1793,..is to be comprised within the boundary of the French Republic.
1857 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 134/1 Those [families] who municipalized themselves became more enlightened, more lettered, more refined, and, at the same time, less chivalrous and less martial than their ancestors.
1860 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 23 390 Every Town, Gold Field and Settlement [in New South Wales] not already Municipalised, is to have a Local Council.
1893 Westm. Rev. Feb. 127 Now, when men are so anxious to municipalise our institutions.
1903 L. Darwin Municipal Trade 3 The different kinds of enterprises which have..been extensively municipalised.
1973 Times 25 Sept. 17/2 The programme of municipalization includes..the expensive commitment to municipalize rented housing.
1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 11 Apr. f3/1 The city of Las Cruces, which is seeking to municipalize.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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