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Grecize

To render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form.

📖 Definitions of "Grecize"

verb
  1. 1

    To render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form.

    "The name is grecized."

  2. 2

    To translate into Greek.

  3. 3

    To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grecize"

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WordDefinition
greciseverbAlternative form of Grecize. [(transitive) To render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; to Grecianize; to Hellenize.]
graecicizeverb(transitive, rare) Synonym of Grecize (to translate into Greek or render in a Greek form).
grecianizeverbTo make Grecian: to Grecize.
grecicizeverbAlternative form of Graecicize. [(transitive, rare) Synonym of Grecize (to translate into Greek or render in a Greek form).]
greekizeverbTo make Greek or Greek-like;
greekifyverbto make Greek.
hellenizeverb(transitive) To render Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.
greisenizeverb(geology, transitive) To convert into greisen.
germanizeverb(transitive) To give a German character to (something).
persianizeverb(transitive) To make Persian.
croatizeverb(transitive) to make or become Croatian, or more Croatian
germaniseverbAlternative form of Germanize. [(transitive) To give a German character to (something).]
germanifyverb(transitive) To make German.
latinizeverb(transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
gallicizenoun(transitive) Synonym of frenchify, to make French or more French-like.
hebraizeverb(transitive) To convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form.
traduceverb(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
byzantinizeverb(transitive) To make Byzantine.
ghanaianizeverb(transitive) To make Ghanaian.
romanizeverb(transitive) To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.

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