Semitize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make Semitic as to language or culture. transitive
"In a 1968 contribution he would even Semitize the Latin half of the Greco- Roman legacy by observing that the Phoenicians were "in Italy at the dawn of Roman history.""
Example
More examples"In a 1968 contribution he would even Semitize the Latin half of the Greco- Roman legacy by observing that the Phoenicians were "in Italy at the dawn of Roman history.""
Etymology
From Semite + -ize.
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