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Liberalize  v. t.  (past & past part. liberalized; pres. part. liberalizing)  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to make less strict. "To open and to liberalize the mind."






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"Liberalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion. Passing from that study he did not go very largely into the world; but plunged into business; I mean into the business of office; and the limited and fixed methods and forms ...
— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

... several nations, the Chinese, the Hindoos, the Persians, the Hebrews, and others, as the Scripture of mankind. The New Testament is still, perhaps, too much on the lips and in the hearts of men to be called a Scripture in this sense. Such a juxtaposition and comparison might help to liberalize the faith of men. This is a work which Time will surely edit, reserved to crown the labors of the printing-press. This would be the Bible, or Book of Books, which let the missionaries carry to the uttermost parts of ...
— A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers • Henry David Thoreau

... tyranny you may find anywhere; it is a weed that grows on any soil. But if you want liberty, you must go forth and fight for it. [Applause.] It taught us those kindly sentiments between nations which warm the heart, liberalize the mind, and animate the courage. It taught men that true liberty can turn blind submission into rational obedience. It taught men, as Hall has said, that true liberty smothers the voice of kings, dispels the mists of superstition, and by its ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various



Words linked to "Liberalize" :   liberalise, modify, change, liberalization, alter



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