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graecize

graecize is the alternative form of Grecize.

Meaning of Grecize

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) To translate into Greek.
  3. (intransitive) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Verb capitalized: Graecize

Graecize (third-person singular simple present Graecizes, present participle Graecizing, simple past and past participle Graecized)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Grecize.

Forms of graecize

third-person singular presentgraecizes
present participlegraecizing
past participlegraecized
pastgraecized
third-person singular presentGraecizes
present participleGraecizing
past participleGraecized
pastGraecized

Questions about graecize

What is graecize the alternative form of?
Graecize is the alternative form of Grecize.
What part of speech is graecize?
Graecize is a verb.
What is the past tense of graecize?
The past tense of graecize is graecized.

Words near graecize in the dictionary

  1. graecising
  2. Graecism
  3. Graecisms
  4. graecismus
  5. Graecity
  6. graecize
  7. graecized
  8. graecizes
  9. graecizing
  10. Graeco-
  11. Graeco-Armenian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graecize (page history and authors); Graecize (page history and authors); Grecize (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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