imperialize

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verb

To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.

“The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.”

First used 19c.Scrabble 24
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Meanings

verbimperialize (third-person singular simple present imperializes, present participle imperializing, simple past and past participle imperialized)

present singular third person imperializes · participle present imperializing · participle past imperialized · past imperialized · alternative Commonwealth imperialise

  1. To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.First known use 19c.
  2. To bring to the form of an empire.First known use 19c.

    The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.

Origin

From imperial + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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