sovereignize

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verb

To make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.

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Meanings

verbsovereignize (third-person singular simple present sovereignizes, present participle sovereignizing, simple past and past participle sovereignized)

present singular third person sovereignizes · participle present sovereignizing · participle past sovereignized · past sovereignized

  1. transitiveTo make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.
  2. obsoleteTo exercise supreme authority.

    The firſt that ſovereignized over them that we read of was Cingis-chawn;

    1677, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. […], 4th edition, London: […] R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J[ohn] Wright, and R. Chiswell, →OCLC, page 193

Origin

From sovereign + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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