Egyptize

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verb

To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.

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Meanings

verbEgyptize (third-person singular simple present Egyptizes, present participle Egyptizing, simple past and past participle Egyptized)

present singular third person Egyptizes · participle present Egyptizing · participle past Egyptized · past Egyptized

  1. transitiveTo give an Egyptian character or appearance to.
    1 more example

    […] the prevailing tendency to idolize after the manner of Egypt, where the portraying of such objects was so usual, and, at the same time, so peculiar to that country among the nations of antiquity, that it might with the utmost propriety be given as the characteristic mark of an Egyptizing spirit in religion.

    1855, Patrick Fairbairn, Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy: An Exposition

Origin

From Egypt + -ize.

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Translations

Esperanto egiptigi
  • egiptigito give an Egyptian character or appearance to.
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APA

Egyptize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egyptize

MLA

“Egyptize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egyptize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Egyptize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egyptize.

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