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Hebraize, v.|ˈhiːbreɪaɪz| [ad. Gr. Ἑβραΐζειν to speak Hebrew, to imitate Jews, f. stem Ἑβρα- in Ἑβρα-ικός, etc.: see Hebrew. Cf. F. hébraïser.] 1. intr. To use a Hebrew idiom or manner of speech.
1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 237 The Evangelist heer Hebraizes. 1699[see below]. 1862Lowell Biglow P. Poems 1890 II. 329 If they [Puritans] Hebraized a little too much in their speech, they showed remarkable practical sagacity as statesmen and founders. b. To follow Hebraism as an ideal of mind and conduct. See Hebraism 2 b.
1869[see Hellenize 1 b]. 1869M. Arnold Cult. & Anarchy v, We have fostered our Hebraizing instincts, our preference of earnestness of doing to delicacy and flexibility of thinking, too exclusively. 2. trans. To make Hebrew; to give a Hebrew character or quality to.
1816G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. II. 292 What they hebraized into Sabaoth was, I believe, no other than the Indian Seba. 1869[see below]. 1873Tristram Moab xiv. 276 An attempt to Hebraize a foreign sound. Hence ˈHebraized ppl. a., ˈHebraizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also Hebraiˈzation, the action of Hebraizing; ˈHebraizer, one who Hebraizes.
1699Bentley Phal. 412 We must impeach him not only for Atticizing, but for Hebraizing too. 1869Daily News 1 Feb., A deeply Hebraized Christianity. 1869M. Arnold Cult. & An. iv. (1882) 143 The Reformation has been often called a Hebraising revival. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 256 The stern old Hebraisers—the Hebrews of Hebrews—who taught in the schools of Palestine and Jerusalem. 18..N. York Courier-Jrnl. (Cent.), The next decade will see a more extensive Hebraization of the wholesale trade of New York than ever. |