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)

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

   The name is grecized.

2. (transitive) To translate into Greek.
3. (intransitive) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Synonyms

• Grecianize
• Hellenize
• Graecicize (rare)

References

• “Grecize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.