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Definition 2024


fraternalize

fraternalize

English

Verb

fraternalize (third-person singular simple present fraternalizes, present participle fraternalizing, simple past and past participle fraternalized)

  1. (transitive) To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
    • 1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus
      Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.
    • 1999, Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls
      It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.
  2. (intransitive) To fraternize; to socialize.