- demobilize (v.)
- 1882; see de- (privative) + mobilize. Related: Demobilized; demobilizing.
- immobilize (v.)
- 1843, from immobile + -ize. Perhaps modeled on French immobiliser (1835). Related: Immobilized; immobilizing.
- mobilize (v.)
- 1833 in the military sense; 1838 as "render capable of movement, bring into circulation," from French mobiliser, from mobile "movable" (see mobile). Related: Mobilized; mobilizing.