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royalize, v.|ˈrɔɪəlaɪz|
Also 6–7 roialize, royallize, 7, 9 royalise (9 Sc. -eese).
[f. royal a. + -ize.]
1. trans. To render royal; to invest with a royal character or standing.
c1590Greene Fr. Bacon ix, Rich Alexandria drugges..Shall royallize the table of my king. 1629N. Carpenter Achitophel ii. (1640) 122 Our Saviour.., whose least alliance could have royalized the basest family. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lxiv. (1739) 136 All the King's labour was to royalize Gaveston into as high a pitch as he could. 17..Winning of Isle of Man in Evans O.B. (1784) I. 279 The princely garter.., An order..Which brave king Edward did devise, And with his person royalize. 1809Cobbett Pol. Reg. XV. 102 We royalized the cause of Spain; we made it a contest between king Ferdinand and king Joseph. 1859W. Anderson Disc. (1860) 34 When they shall be royalized and glorified in the Kingdom of their Father.
transf.1861Medical Times 20 Apr. 421/2 An antelope comes from the Queen, and Royalises the collection.
b. To render famous, celebrate.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. ii. iii, For fates and oracles [of] Heaven have sworn To royalize the deeds of Tamburlaine. 1605Breton Soule's Immort. Crowne Ded., The Patrone of all vertue will so Royallize your praise in the Heauens. 1636Ballard in Ann. Dubrensia (1877) 35 To Royalize thy glory: The world turnes Chronicle, and speakes a story.
2. intr. To bear rule as a monarch; to play the king. Also with it.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Magnificence 79 Even hee..must be both Just and Wise, If long hee look to Rule and Royalize. 1652E. Benlowes Theoph. vi. xxxv. 85 The glorious list Of heirs of God,..Who royalize it there by Grace's high acquist. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 24 In elbuck-chair He sat and royalees'd it there.
Hence ˈroyalized ppl. a., ˈroyalizing vbl. n.
1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxvi. 213 The Crown of England, for ever now made triple by the Royallizing of that of Ireland amongst the rest. 1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. 1851 V. 445 The new royaliz'd Presbyterians. |
