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单词 abolitionize
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abolitionize

[ ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz ]
/ ˌæb əˈlɪʃ əˌnaɪz /

verb (used with object), ab·o·li·tion·ized, ab·o·li·tion·iz·ing.

(esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.
Also especially British, ab·o·li·tion·ise .

Origin of abolitionize

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; abolition + -ize

Words nearby abolitionize

aboil, abolish, abolition, abolitionism, abolitionist, abolitionize, abolla, bolt from the blue, a, abomasum, A-bomb, Abomey
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Example sentences from the Web for abolitionize

  • It will abolitionize the Border Slave States—it will brand our institution.

    The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America|W. E. B. Du Bois
  • But they were to abolitionize Kansas, according to this report, and for what purpose?

    The Life of Lyman Trumbull|Horace White
  • They had proposed by the ballot box to abolitionize at least that portion of the State.

    The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist|Annie Heloise Abel
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