Grecize
See also: grecize
English
Alternative forms
- Grecise, grecise
- grecize
- Graecize, graecize
- Graecise, graecise
Etymology
Compare French gréciser.
Verb
Grecize (third-person singular simple present Grecizes, present participle Grecizing, simple past and past participle Grecized)
- (transitive) To render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form.
- The name is grecized.
- (transitive) To translate into Greek.
- (intransitive) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.
Synonyms
- Grecianize
- Hellenize
- Graecicize (rare)
References
- Grecize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.