abolitionize

ab·o·li·tion·ize

[ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), ab·o·li·tion·ized, ab·o·li·tion·iz·ing. (esp. prior to the Civil War)
to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.
Also, especially British, ab·o·li·tion·ise.


Origin:
1835–45; Americanism; abolition + -ize

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