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Arabize, v.|ˈærəbaɪz| [f. Arab + -ize.] trans. To make Arab; to give an Arab or Arabic character to. Hence ˈArabized |-aɪzd|, ˈArabizing ppl. adjs., Arabiˈzation.
1883Cust Mod. Lang. Africa I. viii. 83 The Arabizing process [in Africa] has taken place in various ways. 1884Science 12 Dec. 531/1 These Arabs of the Sudan are not true Arabs, but to a great extent merely Arabized negroes. 1898Sayce Early Israel iii. 114 The dialect of Edom agreed with Hebrew in those Arabising peculiarities. 192019th Cent. Aug. 229 The civil administration of the country should be Arabised to a greater extent. 1931C. G. Seligman in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 466 The prestige of the dominant religion..accounts for such arabisation as has taken place. 1937Times 20 Oct. 15/6 They [sc. the Arab leaders] regard..the Zionist Jew, who..refuses to be Arabized, as an obstacle to that unity. |