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tyrannise en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle French tyranniser, equivalent to tyranny + -ise.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tyrannize.
   alt of tyrannize
   • And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

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