fanaticize

[ fuh-nat-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object),fa·nat·i·cized, fa·nat·i·ciz·ing.

to make fanatical.

verb (used without object),fa·nat·i·cized, fa·nat·i·ciz·ing.

to act with or show fanaticism.

Origin of fanaticize

First recorded in 1705–15; fanatic + -ize

Also especially British, fa·nat·i·cise .

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How to use fanaticize in a sentence

Such a system, when thoroughly fanaticised, has enormous powers of turbulence; and in Moorish Spain we find them early exercised.
The Evolution of States | J. M. Robertson
So fanaticised did they become that nothing of a nature or character Spanish was allowed to remain.
The Katipunan | J. Brecknock Watson (AKA Francis St. Clair)

British Dictionary definitions for fanaticize

fanaticize

fanaticise

/ (fəˈnætɪˌsaɪz) /

verb

to make or become fanatical

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