v. [f. ABOLITION + -IZE.] To imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to render opposed to slavery. Chiefly in U.S.
1848. Bartlett, To abolitionize: to convert to the doctrines of the abolitionists.
1858. S. A. Douglas, in Political Debates betw. Lincoln & Douglas, 15 Sept. That Lincoln up to that time had been a Whig, and then undertook to Abolitionize the Whigs and bring them into the Abolition camp, is beyond denial.
1863. S. L. J., ‘A Blockaded Brit. Subj.,’ Life in the South, I. i. 3. Scheme of abolitionizing Virginia.
