mediatize verb trans. ['mi:dɪǝtʌɪz] Also mediatise. E19.
[French médiatiser, from médiat from Latin mediatus: see MEDIATE adjective, -IZE.]
Annex (a State), leaving the former government or ruler a title and (usu.) some authority.

■ mediati'zation noun the action of mediatizing a State; the state of being mediatized: E19.

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