MEDIATIZING

Verb

mediatizing

present participle of mediatize

Source: Wiktionary


MEDIATIZE

Me"di*a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mediatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mediatizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. médiatiser.]

Definition: To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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