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medizing

medizing is the present participle and gerund of medize.

Meaning of medize

Verb

medize (third-person singular simple present medizes, present participle medizing, simple past and past participle medized)

  1. (historical, intransitive) To side with the Persians; to be loyal to the Persian Empire rather than Greeks.
    • It is sometimes said that in giving unfavourable or ambiguous responses to Athens, Delphi was medizing. But surely this view is wide of the mark. What could Delphi possibly hope to gain by siding with the Persians? If Delphi was in fact medizing, why did the Persians attempt to take it and to...1979, Hypomnemata: Untersuchungen zur Antike und ihrem Nachleben, Heft 55, Servants of the Gods: A Study in the Religion, History and Literature of Fifth-century Athens, page 74

Verb capitalized: Medizing

Medizing

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Medize

Questions about medizing

What is medizing the present participle and gerund of?
Medizing is the present participle and gerund of medize.
What part of speech is medizing?
Medizing is a verb.

Words near medizing in the dictionary

  1. medize
  2. medized
  3. Medizer
  4. Medizers
  5. medizes
  6. medizing
  7. mediæval
  8. Mediæval Greek
  9. mediævaldom
  10. mediævalist
  11. mediævalistic

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