Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

royalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roy-al-ize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (someone) royal or royalist.

Transitive verb

verb

To make famous, to glorify, to celebrate.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Ere you vvere queen, yea, or your huſband king, / I vvas a pack-horſe in his great affairs; / A vveeder-out of his proud adverſaries, / A liberal revvarder of his friends: / To royalize his blood I ſpilt mine ovvn."
"[N]or let the nevv royaliz'd Presbyterians perſvvade themſelves that thir old doings, though novv recanted, vvill be forgotten; vvhatever Conditions by contriv'd or truſted on."
"For fates and Oracles, heauen haue ſvvorne, / To roialiſe the deeds of Tamburlaine: / And make them bleſt that ſhare in his attemptes."

Etymology

From royal + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: royal

Usage

Inflected Forms

royalizes (present, singular) royalizing (participle, present) royalized (participle, past) royalized (past)

Questions

What does royalize mean?: To make (someone) royal or royalist.
Where does royalize come from?: From royal + -ize.

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