Definition of Constitutionalize in English :

Define Constitutionalize in English

Constitutionalize meaning in English

Meaning of Constitutionalize in English

Pronunciation of Constitutionalize in English

Constitutionalize pronunciation in English

Pronounce Constitutionalize in English

Constitutionalize

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Verb

1. constitutionalize

provide with a constitution, as of a country

Example Sentences:
'The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century'

2. constitutionalize

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

Example Sentences:
'A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize'

3. constitutionalise, constitutionalize

incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional

Example Sentences:
'A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Constitutionalize

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verb (transitive) politics
1. 
to provide with a constitution
2. 
to incorporate (something) into a constitution
Religious liberty was constitutionalized in the First Amendment.

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Constitutionalize

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tr.v. con·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, con·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, con·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
1. To provide with or make subject to a constitution.
2. To incorporate into or sanction under a constitution: "The Fourteenth Amendment ... constitutionalized the vast shift of power from the states to the federal government, which the Civil War had accomplished" (Eric Foner).
3. To treat (an inappropriate matter) as being subject to constitutional law: "Today a like kind of wisdom might caution against constitutionalizing every grievance that might (or might not) appear tomorrow" (Potter Stewart).

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