mediatize Meaning, Definition & Usage

Me"di*a*tize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. médiatiser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mediatized ; present participle & verbal noun Mediatizing
Definitions
  1. To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.
    The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.

Webster 1913