sovereignize
English
Etymology
sovereign + -ize
Verb
sovereignize (third-person singular simple present sovereignizes, present participle sovereignizing, simple past and past participle sovereignized)
- (transitive) To make into a sovereign; to promote to ruler.
- (obsolete) To exercise supreme authority.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sovereignize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)