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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sovereignize en · VERB

Etymology

From sovereign + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.
  2. (obsolete) To exercise supreme authority.
    • The firſt that ſovereignized over them that we read of was Cingis-chawn; 1677, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. […], 4th edition, London: […] R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J[ohn] Wright, and R. Chiswell, →OCLC, page 193:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sovereignizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sovereignizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sovereignized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sovereignized Tense=Past lexicographic