constitutionalize

1. 1.

   provide with a constitution, as of a country

   “The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century”

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2. 2.

   take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal

   “A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize”

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3. 3.

   incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional

   “A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's”

   Synonymsconstitutionalise

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Other forms of constitutionalize

past tense

constitutionalized·

present participle

constitutionalizing·

third person

constitutionalizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about constitutionalize

What does constitutionalize mean?

constitutionalize means "provide with a constitution, as of a country". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in constitutionalize?

constitutionalize has 7 syllables: con-sti-tu-ti-o-na-lize. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for constitutionalize?

Close synonyms include constitutionalise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is constitutionalize a common word?

constitutionalize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.