septembrize

See also: Septembrize

English

Etymology

From French septembriser, a reference to the September massacres of Paris in 1797 during the French Revolution.

Verb

septembrize (third-person singular simple present septembrizes, present participle septembrizing, simple past and past participle septembrized)

1. (transitive) To motivate the common people to overthrow a ruling class by force, and to execute its leaders.
   • 1817, Jeremy Bentham, Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism:

     […] and no sooner had they septembrized France, than they would cross over, and, with the assistance of the travelling Orator, and the Spenceans, septembrize us in the same way.

Derived terms

• septembrizer