verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make political; to politicize. dated, transitive
2. 2
   To act like a politician; to dispute as politicians do. intransitive, obsolete

   "But let us not for fear of a scarecrow, or else through hatred to be reform'd, stand hankering and politizing"

Synonyms

All synonyms

politicize

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"But let us not for fear of a scarecrow, or else through hatred to be reform'd, stand hankering and politizing"

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