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Graecize

American

[gree-sahyz] / ˈgri saɪz /

Or Graecise

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly British.

Graecized, Graecizing

Grecize.

Graecize British

/ ˈɡriːsaɪz /

verb

another word for Hellenize

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Other Word Forms

Graecism

noun

Etymology

Origin of Graecize

C17: from Latin graecizāre to imitate the Greeks, from Greek graikizein

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