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abolitionize

American  
[ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz] / ˌæb əˈlɪʃ əˌnaɪz /
especially British, abolitionise

verb (used with object)

abolitionized, abolitionizing

  1. (esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.

Etymology

Origin of abolitionize

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; abolition + -ize

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