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Hellenizing

Hellenizing is the present participle and gerund of Hellenize.

Meaning of Hellenize

Verb

Hellenize (third-person singular simple present Hellenizes, present participle Hellenizing, simple past and past participle Hellenized)

  1. (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.
  2. (transitive) To render Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.

Questions about Hellenizing

What is Hellenizing the present participle and gerund of?
Hellenizing is the present participle and gerund of Hellenize.

Words near Hellenizing in the dictionary

  1. Hellenize
  2. Hellenized
  3. Hellenizer
  4. Hellenizers
  5. Hellenizes
  6. Hellenizing
  7. Helleno-
  8. Helleno-Armenian
  9. Hellenocentric
  10. Hellenocentrism
  11. Hellenoid

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