What does federalize mean?

Definitions for federalize
ˈfɛd ər əˌlaɪzfed·er·al·ize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. federate, federalize, federaliseverb

    unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

    "The country was federated after the civil war"

  2. federalize, federaliseverb

    put under the control and authority of a federal government

  3. federate, federalize, federaliseverb

    enter into a league for a common purpose

    "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"

Wiktionary

  1. federalizeverb

    To unite into a federation

  2. federalizeverb

    To bring something under federal control

ChatGPT

  1. federalize

    To federalize means to unite or bring under the control of a federal system or a central authority. Essentially, it refers to the action of transferring ownership, control, or responsibility from local or regional authorities to a central government.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Federalizeverb

    to unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. fdraliser.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of federalize in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of federalize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of federalize in a Sentence

  1. President Biden:

    They want to make it to where candidates that you may not even agree with or approve get money from taxpayers. I mean, it's just ridiculous what they're trying to do here to federalize these elections when it's perfectly clear in our Constitution in Article Two, Section One, Clause Two that the state legislatures are given the right exclusively to set the voting laws in the states and in the union.

  2. George H. W. Bush:

    If we've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.

  3. Marsha Blackburn:

    It’s clear Joe Biden isn’t running the show. He ran as a moderate, but the policies he’s advocated for as President have been outrageously far left, if Biden’s unpopular first year in office has told us anything, it’s that he should immediately reconsider the team pushing this liberal activist agenda to federalize our elections, defund the police, pack the courts, and spend millions of dollars at the expense of the American taxpayer – starting with the mastermind and long-time political operative, Ron Klain.

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