"bolshevize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bolshevizes [present, singular, third-person], bolshevizing [participle, present], bolshevized [participle, past], bolshevized [past]
Etymology: From Bolshevik + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Bolshevik|ize}} Bolshevik + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} bolshevize (third-person singular simple present bolshevizes, present participle bolshevizing, simple past and past participle bolshevized)
  1. (transitive) To make Bolshevik. Tags: transitive Translations (to make Bolshevik): بَلْشَفَ (balšafa) (Arabic), bolševisoida (Finnish), bolschewisieren (German), большевизи́ровать (bolʹševizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian)

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Alternative forms

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