单词 | hebraize |
释义 | Hebraizev. 1. a. intransitive. To use a Hebrew idiom or manner of speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [verb (intransitive)] > to use a Hebrew idiom Hebraize1645 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 64 The Evangelist heer Hebraizes. 1699 [see Hebraizing n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. iii. ii. 107 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 n. 2b. ΚΠ 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy v We have fostered our Hebraizing instincts, our preference of earnestness of doing to delicacy and flexibility of thinking, too exclusively. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy Pref. 47 Now and for us, it is a time to Hellenise, and to praise knowing; for we have Hebraised too much, and have over-valued doing. 2. transitive. To make Hebrew; to give a Hebrew character or quality to. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > Semitic [verb (transitive)] > Jew Judaize1587 Hebraize1816 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 292 What they hebraized into Sabaoth was, I believe, no other than the Indian Seba. 1869 [see Hebraized adj. at Derivatives]. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiv. 276 An attempt to Hebraize a foreign sound. Derivatives ˈHebraized adj. ΚΠ 1869 Daily News 1 Feb. A deeply Hebraized Christianity. ˈHebraizing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 412 We must impeach him not only for Atticizing, but for Hebraizing too. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy (1882) iv. 143 The Reformation has been often called a Hebraising revival. Hebraiˈzation n. the action of Hebraizing. ΚΠ 18.. N. York Courier-Jrnl. in Cent. Dict. The next decade will see a more extensive Hebraization of the wholesale trade of New York than ever. ˈHebraizer n. one who Hebraizes. ΚΠ 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 256 The stern old Hebraisers—the Hebrews of Hebrews—who taught in the schools of Palestine and Jerusalem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1645 |
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