Mediatizing

Mediatizing
Mediatize Me"di*a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mediatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mediatizing}.] [Cf. F. m['e]diatiser.] To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. [1913 Webster]

The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]


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  • Mediatization — Me di*at i*za tion, n. [Cf. F. m[ e]diatisation.] The act of mediatizing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mediatize — Me di*a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mediatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mediatizing}.] [Cf. F. m[ e]diatiser.] To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; specifically applied to the annexation during the former German… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mediatized — Mediatize Me di*a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mediatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mediatizing}.] [Cf. F. m[ e]diatiser.] To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; specifically applied to the annexation during the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • mediatize — mediatization, n. /mee dee euh tuyz /, v.t., mediatized, mediatizing. to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign. Also, esp. Brit., mediatise. [1820 30; MEDIATE + IZE, modeled on G… …   Universalium

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  • mediatize — [mē′dē ə tīz΄] vt. mediatized, mediatizing [< Fr or Ger: Fr médiatiser (< médiat < LL mediatus: see MEDIATE), or Ger mediatisieren < Fr] to annex (a smaller state) to a larger one, leaving the ruler his or her title and some authority …   English World dictionary

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