FEDERALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does federalize mean? 

• FEDERALIZE (verb)
  The verb FEDERALIZE has 3 senses:

1. unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

2. put under the control and authority of a federal government

3. enter into a league for a common purpose

  Familiarity information: FEDERALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they federalize    ... he / she / it federalizes   
Past simple: federalized   
Past participle: federalized   
-ing form: federalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

federalise; federalize; federate

Context example:

The country was federated after the civil war

Hypernyms (to "federalize" is one way to...):

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put under the control and authority of a federal government

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

federalise; federalize

Hypernyms (to "federalize" is one way to...):

decentralise; decentralize; deconcentrate (make less central)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

federalization (the act of being put under federal control)

federalization (the state of being under federal control)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Enter into a league for a common purpose

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

federalise; federalize; federate

Context example:

The republics federated to become the Soviet Union

Hypernyms (to "federalize" is one way to...):

merge; unify; unite (become one)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s