babylonise
babylonise is the alternative form of Babylonize.
Meaning of Babylonize
Verb
Babylonize (third-person singular simple present Babylonizes, present participle Babylonizing, simple past and past participle Babylonized)
- To make or become more Babylonian.
- Nebuchadnezzar had that name given to Azariah, for the same reason that he changed the name of Daniel to that of Belteshazzar. It was done in order to nationalize—or rather to Babylonize—all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo.1868 September, “John and Bridget - A talk about Names”, in Putnam's Magazine, volume 2, number 9, page 271
Verb capitalized: Babylonise
Babylonise (third-person singular simple present Babylonises, present participle Babylonising, simple past and past participle Babylonised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Babylonize.
- It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo.1870, The Broadway, page 33
- Sardanapalus, though an Assyrian, had been quite Babylonised.2000, H. G. Wells, A Short History of the World, page 73
Forms of babylonise
| third-person singular present | babylonises |
|---|---|
| present participle | babylonising |
| past participle | babylonised |
| past | babylonised |
| third-person singular present | Babylonises |
| present participle | Babylonising |
| past participle | Babylonised |
| past | Babylonised |
Origin of babylonise
From Babylon + -ise.
Questions about babylonise
- What is babylonise the alternative form of?
- Babylonise is the alternative form of Babylonize.
- What part of speech is babylonise?
- Babylonise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of babylonise?
- The past tense of babylonise is babylonised.
Words near babylonise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: babylonise (page history and authors); Babylonise (page history and authors); Babylonize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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