Definition of "monopolise"

monopolise

verb
third-person singular simple present monopolises, present participle monopolising, simple past and past participle monopolised
1. Alternative spelling of monopolize
  Quotations
  Lord Norbourne wished to stay with the party till his nephew arrived, fully intending then to monopolise Lord Marchmont, and thus to leave Ethel to Courtenaye.
  1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s Continued”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 42