Napoleonize

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verb

To rule completely.

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Meanings

verbNapoleonize (third-person singular simple present Napoleonizes, present participle Napoleonizing, simple past and past participle Napoleonized)

present singular third person Napoleonizes · participle present Napoleonizing · participle past Napoleonized · past Napoleonized · alternative Napoleonise

  1. transitiveTo rule completely.
  2. transitiveTo aggrandize.
    1 more example

    This did Thayer in a little over a decade Napoleonize the Military Academy and move it far to the right of what was intended by its founders, blending in typical knightly style the ideal of formal religious worship and a highly regulated system of physiacl training, as well as a tattletale system of honor.

    2004, Robert J. Higgs, God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in America, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 80

Origin

From Napoleon + -ize.

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APA

Napoleonize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Napoleonize

MLA

“Napoleonize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Napoleonize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Napoleonize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Napoleonize.

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