[mee-dee-uh-tahyz] 
| to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign. |
| me·di·a·tize (mē'dē-ə-tīz') tr.v. me·di·a·tized, me·di·a·tiz·ing, me·di·a·tiz·es To annex (a lesser state) to a greater state as a means of permitting the ruler of the lesser state to retain title and partial authority. [Probably French médiatiser, from médiat, dependent, from Old French, back-formation from immediat, independent, from Late Latin immediātus; see immediate.] me'di·a·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n. |
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