republicanize

English

Etymology

republican +‎ -ize. Compare French républicaniser.

Verb

republicanize (third-person singular simple present republicanizes, present participle republicanizing, simple past and past participle republicanized)

  1. (transitive) To convert (a state etc.) to republican principles.
    France was republicanized.
    • 1809, David Ramsay, The History of South-Carolina
      To republicanize the rising generation, the convention of the people of South-Carolina made it the duty of the constituted authorities to do away this accompaniment of royalty as far as was compatible with liberty.
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