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dejudaize

dejudaize verb: to remove or eliminate Jewish beliefs or customs from someone.

Verb

dejudaize (third-person singular simple present dejudaizes, present participle dejudaizing, simple past and past participle dejudaized)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To remove or eliminate Jewish beliefs or customs from someone.
    • unless they were guilty of such inconsistency of conduct as should dejudaize them.1870, James Morison, Commentary on the Gospel according to Matthew, page 37
    • This is what has led Böhme to say (Versuch das Geheimnis des Menschensohns zuenthüllen, 1839) that the object of Jesus in choosing this name was to dejudaize the idea of the Messiah.1876, Frédéric Louis Godet, Commentary on the Gospel of St. John - Volume 1, page 461
    Antonyms:
    Judaize
  2. (transitive) To renounce or convert from Judaism.
  3. (transitive) To render less Jewish.

Examples of dejudaize in a sentence

  • Many of our people have been dejudaized but have not been Americanized for if they were Americanized they would feel the need of a Sabbath.1902, Federation of American Zionists (contributor), The Maccabaean - Volumes 2-3, page 17:
  • SAMMONS depoliticizes and dereligionizes Heine--he especially dejudaizes him--all the more to build up the man of artistic vision and integrity.1979, School of the Jewish Woman (New York, N.Y.) (contributor), The Jewish Spectator - Volumes 44-46, page 43:

Antonyms of dejudaize

Forms of dejudaize

third-person singular presentdejudaizes
present participledejudaizing
past participledejudaized
pastdejudaized

Origin of dejudaize

From de- + Judaize.

Words formed from dejudaize

Questions about dejudaize

What does dejudaize mean?
Dejudaize means to remove or eliminate Jewish beliefs or customs from someone.
How do you use dejudaize in a sentence?
Many of our people have been dejudaized but have not been Americanized for if they were Americanized they would feel the need of a Sabbath.
What part of speech is dejudaize?
Dejudaize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dejudaize?
The past tense of dejudaize is dejudaized.

Words near dejudaize in the dictionary

  1. DeJongs
  2. DeJoseph
  3. DeJosephs
  4. DeJoy
  5. dejudaization
  6. dejudaize
  7. dejudaized
  8. dejudaizes
  9. dejudaizing
  10. dejudicialization
  11. dejudicialize

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