federalize

English

Etymology

From federal +‎ -ize.

Pron

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

federalize (third-person singular simple present federalizes, present participle federalizing, simple past and past participle federalized)

1. (transitive) To unite into a federation.
2. (transitive) To bring under federal control.
   • 2025 January 30, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Trump taps the military for immigration crackdown. Are there limits to using troops?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     If the president invokes the Insurrection Act [of 1807], it temporarily suspends Posse Comitatus and allows him to federalize the National Guard and deploy active duty troops to suppress any uprising that interferes with the execution of state or federal law.

3. (transitive) To change (a unitary state) into a federation.

Antonyms

• defederalize

Derived terms

• federalizable
• refederalize
• unfederalized

Translations

unite into a federation

• Dutch: federaliseren (nl)
• Spanish: federalizar

bring something under federal control