septembrize

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verb

To motivate the common people to overthrow a ruling class by force, and to execute its leaders.

OriginFrench septembriser →
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Meanings

septembrize1

verbseptembrize (third-person singular simple present septembrizes, present participle septembrizing, simple past and past participle septembrized)

present singular third person septembrizes · participle present septembrizing · participle past septembrized · past septembrized

  1. transitiveTo motivate the common people to overthrow a ruling class by force, and to execute its leaders.

    […] and no sooner had they septembrized France, than they would cross over, and, with the assistance of the travelling Orator, and the Spenceans, septembrize us in the same way.

    1817, Jeremy Bentham, Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism

Septembrize2

verbSeptembrize (third-person singular simple present Septembrizes, present participle Septembrizing, simple past and past participle Septembrized)

present singular third person Septembrizes · participle present Septembrizing · participle past Septembrized · past Septembrized

  1. Alternative letter-case form of septembrize.

Origin

  1. Frenchseptembriser
  2. Englishseptembrize

From French septembriser, a reference to the September massacres of Paris in 1797 during the French Revolution.

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APA

septembrize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septembrize

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “septembrize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septembrize.

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