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Grecianize, v.|ˈgriːʃ(ɪ)ənaɪz|
[f. prec. + -ize.]
†a. intr. to Grecianize it: (see quot. 1611). Obs.
b. trans. To render Grecian. Hence ˈGrecianized, ˈGrecianizing ppl. adjs.
1611Cotgr., Grecizer, to Grecianize it; to play the Grecian; or to speak Greek. 1884Edin. Rev. Apr. 459 All the attempts of the dominant party to Grecianise the people failed. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 67 When..the Grecianised Macedonian barbarians fell upon the East. 1897Daily News 1 Sept. 6/2 Apollo is a Grecianized form of the Sanscrit Apa-var-yan. 1898E. S. Wallace Jerus. the Holy xv. 297 The Grecianizing influences that were alienating the people from their pure Jehovah worship. |