monopolise

See also: monopolisé

English

Alternative forms

• monopolize

Verb

monopolise (third-person singular simple present monopolises, present participle monopolising, simple past and past participle monopolised)

1. Alternative spelling of monopolize
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s Continued”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 42:

     Lord Norbourne wished to stay with the party till his nephew arrived, fully intending then to monopolise Lord Marchmont, and thus to leave Ethel to Courtenaye.

Anagrams

• monopolies

French

Verb

monopolise

1. inflection of monopoliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative