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单词 napoleonize
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Napoleonizev.

Brit. /nəˈpəʊlɪənʌɪz/, U.S. /nəˈpoʊliəˌnaɪz/, /nəˈpoʊljəˌnaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– Napoleonize, 1900s– Napoleonise.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Napoléon , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Napoléon Bonaparte (see Napoleon n.2) + -ize suffix. Compare French napoléoniser (1815).
rare.
transitive. To occupy or govern (a country) in the manner of Napoleon I. Also reflexive in extended use: to behave in a Napoleonic manner; to aggrandize oneself.
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1822 Examiner 355/1 France must again be Napoleonized, that is to say, made once more essentially military.
1862 Southern Lit. Messenger 34 93/1 I do not wish to go as a private, because I cannot Hannibalize and Napoleonize myself so well in that capacity.
1974 S. Hoffman Decline or Renewal? 249 France would be, so to speak, ‘de-Napoleonized’.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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