verb (used with object), re·pub·li·can·ized, re·pub·li·can·iz·ing.
Also, especially British, re·pub·li·can·ise.
Origin: 1790–1800; <
French républicaniser, equivalent to
républicain republican +
-iser -ize Related forms re·pub·li·can·i·za·tion, noun
re·pub·li·can·iz·er, noun