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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVOLU'TIONIZE, v.t.
1. To effect a change in the form of a political constitution; as, to revolutionize a government.
2. To effect an entire change of principles in.
The gospel, if received in truth, has revolutionized his soul.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn]
2: overthrow by a revolution, of governments
3: fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1797 transitive verb 1. to overthrow the established government of 2. to imbue with revolutionary doctrines 3. to change fundamentally or completely <revolutionize an industry> intransitive verb to engage in revolution • revolutionizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) introduce fundamental change to.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Revolutionize Rev`o*lu"tion*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revolutioniezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolutionizing.] To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. --Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M. Mason.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(revolutionizes, revolutionizing, revolutionized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'revolutionise' When something revolutionizes an activity, it causes great changes in the way that it is done. Over the past forty years plastics have revolutionised the way we live... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Remodel, reform, new model, change completely.

Moby Thesaurus

alter, arise, change, coin, create, discover, innovate, insurge, insurrect, introduce, introduce new blood, invent, make innovations, metamorphose, modify, mount the barricades, mutineer, mutiny, neologize, originate, overthrow, overturn, pioneer, rebel, recast, refashion, reform, reluct, reluctate, remodel, revamp, revise, revolt, revolute, revolution, riot, rise, rise up, run riot, strike, subvert, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, upset