fraternalize

English

Etymology

fraternal +‎ -ize

Verb

fraternalize (third-person singular simple present fraternalizes, present participle fraternalizing, simple past and past participle fraternalized)

  1. (transitive) To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
    • 1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus:
      Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.
    • 1999, Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls:
      It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.
  2. (intransitive) To fraternize; to socialize.
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