Revolutionize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M.
                                                    Mason.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "revolutionize":
     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