Ionicize

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verb

To make Ionic.

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Meanings

verbIonicize (third-person singular simple present Ionicizes, present participle Ionicizing, simple past and past participle Ionicized)

present singular third person Ionicizes · participle present Ionicizing · participle past Ionicized · past Ionicized

  1. transitiveTo make Ionic.

    Against this tendency to Ionicize the phonology taken over from Aeolic sources stands the case of the […] genitives, which are anomalous whether Ionian singers acquired these formations punctually (under the 'stacked' model) or through ongoing exchange and diffusion.

    2012, Øivind Andersen, Dag T. T. Haug, Relative Chronology in Early Greek Epic Poetry, page 57

Origin

From Ionic + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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