diplomatizev.
/dɪˈpləʊmətʌɪz/ I. Senses relating to diploma.
1. transitive. To invest with a diploma.
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1670 [see diplomatized adj. at Derivatives].
II. Senses relating to diplomacy.
2. intransitive. To act or serve as a diplomat or diplomatist; to practise diplomacy; to use diplomatic arts; to act with address or astuteness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > behave well [verb (intransitive)] > be tactful
diplomatize1826
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be versed or skilled [verb (intransitive)] > act with diplomacy
diplomatize1826
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > act or serve as diplomat [verb (intransitive)]
diplomatize1826
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. i. 12 He diplomatised, in order to gain time.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. vi. 138 Brave Bouillé..mysteriously diplomatising, in scheme within scheme.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. May 285/1 He was too impatient to diplomatise.
1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 798 One who had been campaigning and diplomatizing almost from his childhood.
3.
a. transitive. To treat in the manner of a diplomatist, to act diplomatically towards.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > behave as diplomat towards [verb (transitive)]
diplomatize1855
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 239 His only chance..was to cajole—we mean to diplomatize—his neighbours.
1898 Daily News 6 Aug. 7/3 Italian unity is owing in great part to the work of the people with Garibaldi, and Cavour did nothing but diplomatize the movement.
1906 Daily Chron. 24 Dec. 4/6 Count Nicholas Ignatieff who may be said to have ‘diplomatised’ the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.
b. To do out of by diplomacy or address.
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1885 C. Lowe Life Bismarck I. viii. 479 Louis Napoleon had not long been diplomatised out of Luxemburg.
Derivatives
diˈplomatizing n. and adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun]
diplomatic1794
diplomatics1794
diplomacy1796
diplomatizing1855
1855 T. Carlyle Prinzenraub 106 No more, either of fighting or diplomatizing, needed for him.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 July 2/1 The two Powers were thinking of their own diplomatizings.
diˈplomatized adj. rare diplomaed.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [adjective] > of or having a diploma or certificate
diplomatized1670
diplomaed1831
diplomatal1889
1670 Lex Talionis 21 As able Physitians as any that Practise, and better than many dyplomatized Doctors.
1834 Knickerbocker Aug. 120 Ladies were invited..to prepare themselves for future honors..by becoming Latinized, Græcised, mathematicized, and at length diplomatized.
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