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phoenicize

phoenicize verb: to make or become Phoenician.

Verb

phoenicize (third-person singular simple present phoenicizes, present participle phoenicizing, simple past and past participle phoenicized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become Phoenician.

Forms of phoenicize

third-person singular presentphoenicizes
present participlephoenicizing
past participlephoenicized
pastphoenicized
alternative formPhoenicize

Origin of phoenicize

From Latin Phoenīx (“Phoenician”, stem: Phoenīc-) + -ize.

Words formed from phoenicize

  • Phoenicization

Questions about phoenicize

What does phoenicize mean?
Phoenicize means to make or become Phoenician.
What part of speech is phoenicize?
Phoenicize is a verb.
What is the past tense of phoenicize?
The past tense of phoenicize is phoenicized.

Words near phoenicize in the dictionary

  1. Phoenicianists
  2. Phoenicianness
  3. Phoenicians
  4. Phoenicid
  5. Phoenicids
  6. phoenicize
  7. phoenicized
  8. phoenicizes
  9. phoenicizing
  10. phoenicochroite
  11. phoenicochroites

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