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heathenise

heathenise is the alternative form of heathenize.

Meaning of heathenize

Verb

heathenize (third-person singular simple present heathenizes, present participle heathenizing, simple past and past participle heathenized)

  1. (transitive) To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.
    • The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons.1698, Stephen Nye, An account of Mr. Firmin's religion
    Synonyms:
    paganize

Forms of heathenise

third-person singular presentheathenises
present participleheathenising
past participleheathenised
pastheathenised

Origin of heathenise

From heathen + -ise.

Questions about heathenise

What is heathenise the alternative form of?
Heathenise is the alternative form of heathenize.

Words near heathenise in the dictionary

  1. heatheness
  2. heathenesse
  3. heathenesses
  4. heathenest
  5. heathenhood
  6. heathenise
  7. heathenised
  8. heathenises
  9. heathenish
  10. heathenishly
  11. heathenishness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heathenise (page history and authors); heathenize (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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