imperialize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From imperial +‎ -ize.

Verb

imperialize (third-person singular simple present imperializes, present participle imperializing, simple past and past participle imperialized)

  1. To invest with imperial authority, character, or style. [19c.]
  2. To bring to the form of an empire. [19c.]
    The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.
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