revolutionize

3 definitions found

revolutionize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

revolutionize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  revolutionize
      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]

revolutionize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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