Mediatize
Pronunciation : Me"di*a*tize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. m?diatiser.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Mediatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mediatizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913