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Atticize

Atticize verb: to side with the Athenians.

Verb

Atticize (third-person singular simple present Atticizes, present participle Atticizing, simple past and past participle Atticized)

  1. (Ancient-Greek, intransitive) To side with the Athenians.
  2. (Ancient-Greek, intransitive) To use or convert to Attic Greek, or the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

Forms of Atticize

third-person singular presentAtticizes
present participleAtticizing
past participleAtticized
pastAtticized
alternative formAtticise

Origin of Atticize

From Attic + -ize.

Questions about Atticize

What does Atticize mean?
Atticize means to side with the Athenians.
What part of speech is Atticize?
Atticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Atticize?
The past tense of Atticize is Atticized.

Words near Atticize in the dictionary

  1. Atticismes
  2. Atticisms
  3. Atticist
  4. Atticistic
  5. Atticists
  6. Atticize
  7. Atticized
  8. Atticizes
  9. Atticizing
  10. atticky
  11. atticless

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