"abolitionize" meaning in English

See abolitionize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩ˌaɪz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abolitionize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abolitionizes [present, singular, third-person], abolitionizing [participle, present], abolitionized [participle, past], abolitionized [past], abolitionise [alternative]
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  1. (transitive) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive Translations (To imbue with the principles of abolitionism): бути натхненим з принципами abolitionism'у (buty natxnenym z pryncypamy abolitionismʺu) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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