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Webster 1913 Edition
Hellenize
Hel′len-ize
,Verb.
I.
[Gr. [GREEK].]
To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.
Hel′len-ize
,Verb.
T.
[Gr. [GREEK].]
To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize;
as, to
. Hellenize
a wordWebster 1828 Edition
Hellenize
HEL'LENIZE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
Hellenize
Hellenize
English
Alternative forms
- Hellenise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Verb
Hellenize (third-person singular simple present Hellenizes, present participle Hellenizing, simple past and past participle Hellenized)
- (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.
- To make or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.
Derived terms
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Translations
to become Hellenistic
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to make Hellenistic
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