unmonopolize
English
Alternative forms
unmonopolise
Etymology
From un- + monopolize.
Verb
unmonopolize (third-person singular simple present unmonopolizes, present participle unmonopolizing, simple past and past participle unmonopolized)
- (transitive) To remove a monopoly of.
- 1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 71; republished in (Please provide a date or year):
- and unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry, from the greasie clutch of ignorance,
References
- “unmonopolize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.