单词 | napoleonize |
释义 | Napoleonizev. 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > tyrannize over tyrannize1583 Turkize1599 sultanize1804 Napoleonize1822 Neronize1889 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). < v.1822 |
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