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单词 legionize
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legionizev.

Brit. /ˈliːdʒənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlidʒəˌnaɪz/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– legionize, 1800s legionise.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: legion n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < legion n. + -ize suffix.
transitive. To form or arrange into a legion or legions; to place or enlist (a person) in a legion.
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1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. I4 Descend sweet Angels (Legioniz'd in Rankes).
1812 Royal Mil. Chron. Oct. 411 It is certainly contrary to the spirit of the constitution, to introduce foreigners, distinctly regimented and legionized, into ‘the British army’.
1850 Weekly Chron. 19 Jan. 3/1 The largest armies the world has seen since the Emperor legionised whole nations.
1922 Morning Sun (Iowa) News-Herald 26 Jan. 5/4 A membership campaign to legionize one hundred per cent of this community.
2000 P. Carmiller tr. M. Sebastian Jrnl. 12 Apr. 1938 155 Three-quarters of the state apparatus has been ‘Legionized’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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