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CONSTITUTIONALISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they constitutionalise
... he / she / it constitutionalises
Past simple: constitutionalised
Past participle: constitutionalised
-ing form: constitutionalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
Example:
A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's
Synonyms:
constitutionalise; constitutionalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "constitutionalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something