| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.[Websters]
2. To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hellenizing, hellenized, hellenizes, hellenizer, hellenizers, hellenizingly and hellenizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HELLENIZE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1800. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HELLENIZE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To use the Greek language.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic. (references) | 2: [Verb] To make or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
