fraternalize

English

Etymology

fraternal +‎ -ize

Verb

fraternalize (third-person singular simple present fraternalizes, present participle fraternalizing, simple past and past participle fraternalized)

1. (transitive) To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
   • 1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus:

     Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.

   • 1999, Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls:

     It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.

2. (intransitive) To fraternize; to socialize.