imperialize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To invest with imperial authority, character, or style.
  2. To bring to the form of an empire.
    — The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.

词形变化

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

词汇关系

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Etymology tree
English imperial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English imperialize
From imperial + -ize.
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