abolitionize

verb

abolitionize

verb

US /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩ˌaɪz/

Etymology From abolition + -ize.

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Obsolete, Rare To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.

  • It will abolitionize the world. It will remove all objections but such as spring from negro prejudice.1838 June 28, “From the Philanthropist Depository of the Ohio A. S. Society”, in The Emancipator, volume III, number 9, page 36:
  • 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.1858 May 13, New York Observer and Chronicle, volume 36, number 19, page 150:
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  • 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?1865 August 13, “Letter from Galveston”, in The New-Orleans Times, page 3:

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