fraternalize

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verb

To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.

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Meanings

verbfraternalize (third-person singular simple present fraternalizes, present participle fraternalizing, simple past and past participle fraternalized)

present singular third person fraternalizes · participle present fraternalizing · participle past fraternalized · past fraternalized

  1. transitiveTo make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.

    Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.

    1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus
    1 more example

    It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.

    1999, Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls
  2. intransitiveTo fraternize; to socialize.

Origin

From fraternal + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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