unmonopolize

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verb

To remove a monopoly of.

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Meanings

verbunmonopolize (third-person singular simple present unmonopolizes, present participle unmonopolizing, simple past and past participle unmonopolized)

present singular third person unmonopolizes · participle present unmonopolizing · participle past unmonopolized · past unmonopolized

  1. transitiveTo remove a monopoly of.

    and unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry, from the greasie clutch of ignorance,

    1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 71

Origin

From un- + monopolize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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