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FEUDALIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring (a country or people) under feudalism
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "feudalize" is one way to...):
convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
feudalism (the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war)