despotize

Like a practical people as we pride ourselves, we have begun actually to despotize our institutions in order to control these dissident elements, though still optimistically holding that we retain the original democracy.

Following the tendency to centralize, to despotize, the late amendments are in the direction of consolidation, and take away from the States what was once universally regarded as their exclusive prerogative in reference to the elective franchise.

Still, Robespierre! thou'lt guard thy country's freedom To despotize in all the patriot's pomp.

Still, Robespierre! thou'lt guard thy country's freedom To despotize in all the patriot's pomp.

It is too plain to be denied that the belief of the strict necessity of Infant Baptism, and the absolute universality of the practice did not commence till the dogma of original guilt had begun to despotize in the Church: while that remained uncertain and sporadic, Infant Baptism was so too; some did it, many did not.