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Webster 1913 Edition
Heathenize
Hea′then-ize
(-īz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Heathenized
(-īzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heathenizing
(-īˊzĭng)
.] To render heathen or heathenish.
Firmin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Heathenize
HE'ATHENIZE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
heathenize
heathenize
English
Verb
heathenize (third-person singular simple present heathenizes, present participle heathenizing, simple past and past participle heathenized)
- (transitive) To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.
- 1698, Stephen Nye, An account of Mr. Firmin's religion
- The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons.
- 1698, Stephen Nye, An account of Mr. Firmin's religion