Dictionary

federalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛdəɹəlaɪz/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós Proto-Italic *feiðos Latin foedus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French fédéralbor. English federal 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 federalize From federal + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To unite into a federation.
2. (transitive) To bring under federal control.
   • If the president invokes the Insurrection Act [of 1807], it temporarily suspends Posse Comitatus and allows him to federalize the National Guard and deploy active duty troops to suppress any uprising that interferes with the execution of state or federal law. 2025 January 30, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Trump taps the military for immigration crackdown. Are there limits to using troops?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
   • “President Trump’s deployment of federalized National Guard troops in response to protests is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power,” said Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project. 2025 June 7, Seema Mehta and Ian James, “The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A.”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2025:
3. (transitive) To change (a unitary state) into a federation.

Forms

Antonyms

defederalize

Deriveds

refederalize · unfederalized · federalizable

Translations (2)

nl federaliseren (unite into a federation) · es federalizar (unite into a federation)