Greekize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make Greek or Greek-like;

    "The earliest writers of France had modelled their taste by the Greek: Jodelle, Ronsard, Du Bartas, and others, imbued with Attic literature, Greekized the French idiom by their compounds, their novel terms, and their sonorous periphrases."

  2. 2
    To behave and speak like a Greek.

    "'Greekize' as much as you like, Fea concluded; become a new Pausanias, Plutarch or Strabo."

Synonyms

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hellenizegreekify

Example

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"The earliest writers of France had modelled their taste by the Greek: Jodelle, Ronsard, Du Bartas, and others, imbued with Attic literature, Greekized the French idiom by their compounds, their novel terms, and their sonorous periphrases."

Etymology

From Greek + -ize.

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