constitutionalize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English constitutional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English constitutionalize From constitutional + -ize.
Meanings
- To incorporate into a constitution
- To provide with a constitution
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To make constitutional
Governmental searches of vehicles regularly occur via exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement; a myriad of decisions have constitutionalized warrantless searches of vehicles, their compartments, their containers and even their occupants.
2021 May 17, Lenese Herbert, “In unanimous Fourth Amendment ruling, a reminder that there is, in fact, no place like home”, in SCOTUSblog:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| constitutionalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| constitutionalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| constitutionalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| constitutionalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
constitutionalization · deconstitutionalize
Translations (2)
ja 憲法化する (Translations) · fr constitutionaliser (Translations)