grecize

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verb

To render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; to Grecianize; to Hellenize.

“The name is grecized.”

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GrecianizeHellenizeGraecicize
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Meanings

grecize1

verbgrecize (third-person singular simple present grecizes, present participle grecizing, simple past and past participle grecized)

present singular third person grecizes · participle present grecizing · participle past grecized · past grecized

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Grecize.

Grecize2

verbGrecize (third-person singular simple present Grecizes, present participle Grecizing, simple past and past participle Grecized)

present singular third person Grecizes · participle present Grecizing · participle past Grecized · past Grecized · alternative Grecise · alternative grecise · alternative grecize · alternative Graecize · alternative graecize · alternative Graecise · alternative graecise

  1. transitiveTo render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; to Grecianize; to Hellenize.

    The name is grecized.

    Synonyms: Grecianize, Hellenize, Graecicize

  2. transitiveTo translate into Greek.
  3. intransitiveTo conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo render Grecian, or cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; to Grecianize; to Hellenize.

Similar
GrecianizeHellenizeGraecicize
Also see
graecicize

Origin

Compare French gréciser.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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