satellizev.
/ˈsatəlʌɪz/, /ˈsatl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsædlˌaɪz/ 1. transitive. To turn into a satellite (in various senses); esp. to make (a country or state) politically or economically dependent.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [verb (transitive)] > satellize
satellize1852
1852 ‘J. Purslo’ Govt. Heavens vi. 91 When any comet is satellized, it is necessarily rendered subject to the planet thus acting upon it.
1879 New Monthly Mag. July 1306 All planets or planetoids whose orbits even touched that circular belt of space..were, during the lapse of time, either incorporated, or in one case out of millions satellised by it [sc. the sphere of Jupiter].
1943 E. Culbertson Total Peace vii. 75 The different states began to be gradually absorbed, or satellized, by two or three leading powers.
1965 Observer 19 Sept. 2/3 Pakistan..will not become a satellite of India; but..she will not be satellised by China either.
2010 Financial Times 11 Nov. (G20 & South Korea Special Rep.) 4/7 China will seek to satellise North Korea.
2. transitive. To accompany, attend, or orbit (something or someone) as or like a satellite (in various senses). Also intransitive with about or around in same sense. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > cluster
cluster1398
clamberc1400
knot1611
constellate1643
galaxy1654
clump1824
satellize1887
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > cluster > specifically of people > cluster round
satellize1914
1887 Girl's Own Paper 20 Aug. 750/2 To the west are innumerable lesser peaks, which lend height to, and satellise, as it were, the majesty of perhaps the finest of all the Alps.
1914 E. V. Lucas Landmarks 91 A little band of important men hurried up, satellizing about a quiet, gentle-looking but distinguished man in a comfortable tweed suit.
1990 M.-T. Killiam Art Crit. P. Claudel ii. ii. 181 All these contaminated images satellize around the hole that demands our attention.
Derivatives
ˌsatelliˈzation n. the action of turning something into a satellite (in various senses); esp. the action or process of making a country or state politically or economically dependent; the condition of being satellized in this way.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [noun] > satellitism or satellization
satellitism1852
satellization1878
1878 ‘J. Prusol’ Dreams of my Solitude xxviii. 319 Her [sc. the moon's] satellisation compared with the age of creation must have been a rather late event.
1945 Internat. Affairs 21 19 If we turn to the satellization of Hungary, we find much the same pattern of motives.
1968 ‘Han Suyin’ Birdless Summer i. iii. 56 Japan's terms were the permanent satellization of China.
2016 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 31 July The perennial challenges of unity in the DRC which have led to the ‘satellisation’ of..those countries.
ˈsatellized adj. (of a country or state) made politically or economically dependent.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [adjective] > satellized
satellized1947
1947 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 23 Dec. 6/3 Russia's own shattered internal situation has prevented Moscow from giving significant aid to its satellized neighbors—let alone France and Italy.
2012 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 11 Aug. a23 The Eurofederalists had gained control in Brussels and were trying to reduce all western Europe to satellized, socialist satrapies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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