Meanings
verbveteranize (third-person singular simple present veteranizes, present participle veteranizing, simple past and past participle veteranized)
present singular third person veteranizes · participle present veteranizing · participle past veteranized · past veteranized
- transitiveTo make veteran.
- USdatedintransitivegovernmentTo reenlist for service as a soldier.
About this time we were much embarrassed by a general order of the War Department, promising a thirty-days furlough to all soldiers who would "veteranize"
1875, General William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman
Origin
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veteranize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veteranize
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“veteranize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veteranize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “veteranize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veteranize.
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