The Collaborative International Dictionary
federalize \fed"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Federalized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing.] [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]raliser.]
To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for
political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal
Constitution.
--Barlow.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To unite into a federation 2 To bring something under federal control
WordNet
v. unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war" [syn: federate, federalise]
put under the control and authority of a federal government [syn: federalise]
enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union" [syn: federate, federalise]
Usage examples of "federalize".
I love the 10,000 good Mississippians in the National Guard who have now been federalized and required to oppose me and their own people.
Callicott, in civilian life an insurance man as well as a Mississippi state representative, figured the Guard had been federalized as a way of neutralizing eleven thousand men who might fight on the other side for all anybody knew.
Almost ten thousand regular army troops and federalized National Guardsmen were in Oxford or the immediate vicinity by midday.
Federalize all the cops, make 'em a zillion times more powerful and important.
But the federalized police knew they were being watched, and the choice of living or dying was solely in their hands.
The boys that was the law before the government federalized the police is back as the law.
You are therefore unqualified to be federalized and ineligible to be tasked for any missions in support of the active-duty force.
But it would be difficult, for some units of the military, a lot of national guard and reserve units, and nearly all the newly federalized police supported Logan and his dictatorship.
In the old days, before Reagan and Bush had federalized street crimes, that was not really a concern for someone like Robbie.
Accept the benefits of Federal Express that can be federalized during times of national emergency as a costly, but ready augmentation to military supply lines that has no cost during the much longer periods of peacetime.