abolitionize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

abolition +‎ -ize

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩ˌaɪz/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Verb

abolitionize (third-person singular simple present abolitionizes, present participle abolitionizing, simple past and past participle abolitionized)

  1. (transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
    • 1838 June 28, “From the Philanthropist Depository of the Ohio A. S. Society”, in The Emancipator, volume III, number 9, page 36:
      It will abolitionize the world. It will remove all objections but such as spring from negro prejudice.
    • 1858 May 13, New York Observer and Chronicle, volume 36, number 19, page 150:
      The public mind has been naturally excited on the position of the American Tract Society, threatened as it has been for months past by a party of revolutionists, determined to expel its Executive Committee, and abolitionize the institution.
    • 1865 August 13, “Letter from Galveston”, in The New-Orleans Times, page 3:
      The question is, will the people, by a constitutional provision, abolitionize the State and thereby legalize the unconstitutional acts of the Administration for the abolition of slavery?
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.