monopolize monopolizing (monopoliz)

t.; pret. and pp. olized, ppr. monopolizing. [F. monopo liser = Sp. monopolizar = Pg. Pg. monopolisar; as monopol-y+-ize.] 1. To obtain a monopoly monopoly of; have an exclusive right of trading in: as, to monopolize all the corn in a district. The Arabs have a law that, if three camels depart at the same time, the convent shall be obliged to pay thirty piasters; which I suppose is designed to prevent any one Arab with several camels monopolizing the whole busine of conveying the monks. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 159. 2. To obtain or engro the whole of; obtain exclusive po e ion of. As if this age had monopolized all goodne to itself. Gold alone does Pa ion move, Gold monopolizes Love! Also spelled monopolise . Fuller. Cowley, Anacreontics, vii.