verb
Meaning 1
To make (someone) loyal to a cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
loyalize
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History
Etymology
From loyal + -ize. Piecewise doublet of legalize.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tehdä uskolliseksi — make someone loyal to a cause
- French: fidéliser — make someone loyal to a cause
- Italian: fidelizzare — make someone loyal to a cause
- Polish: lojalizować — make someone loyal to a cause
- Polish: zlojalizować — make someone loyal to a cause
- Portuguese: fidelizar — make someone loyal to a cause
- Spanish: fidelizar — make someone loyal to a cause