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† ˈsovereignize, v. Obs.
Also 7 soueraignise, -ize, soveraignize, -eignize; souer-, soveranize, -ise.
[f. sovereign n. + -ize. Cf. Pg. soberanizar.]
intr. To exercise supreme power; to rule as a sovereign. (Common in 17th cent.)
1601Chester Love's Mart., etc. (1878) 3 Her princely eyes..That ore the day and night do soueraignize. 1661Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will & Test. 1 O Bishoprick, where in my Regality I so much Soveraigniz'd, or, as some will have it, Tyranniz'd. 1680Morden Geog. Rect., Arabia (1685) 369 Nimrod Sovereignizing at Babylon.
b. Similarly with it.
1656S. H. Gold. Law 39 Every several Sect, Church, and Faction are in Arms..to Rule and Soveraignize it if they can.
Hence † ˈsovereignizing ppl. a. Obs.
1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 463 Intreated by the soueraignizing Queen to make relation of her end. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 363 Soveraignizing Saladin..called his Chiefetaine or Generall before him. |
