cabalize

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈbɑːlaɪz/, /ˈkæbəlaɪz/ === Etymology 1 === From cabala +‎ -ize. Compare French cabaliser. ==== Verb ==== cabalize (third-person singular simple present cabalizes, present participle cabalizing, simple past and past participle cabalized) (intransitive) To study and interpret the Kabbalah. (ambitransitive, by extension) To decode or demystify. (transitive) To make mysterious; to entangle or obscure with the trappings of religion, mysticism, or superstition. (transitive) To encode using wordplay such as acrostics or ciphers. (rare, intransitive) To use cabalistic language or perform cabalistic magic. (computing, transitive) To encode as a Haskell package with the ".cabal" extension, which can then be installed and interpreted using the cabal command. === Etymology 2 === From cabal +‎ -ize. ==== Verb ==== cabalize (third-person singular simple present cabalizes, present participle cabalizing, simple past and past participle cabalized) (intransitive) To engage in politics as part of a cabal. (transitive) To control or manipulate via a cabal or secret political organization.