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Semitise

Semitise is the alternative form of Semitize.

Meaning of Semitize

Verb

Semitize (third-person singular simple present Semitizes, present participle Semitizing, simple past and past participle Semitized)

  1. (transitive) To make Semitic as to language or culture.
    • In a 1968 contribution he would even Semitize the Latin half of the Greco- Roman legacy by observing that the Phoenicians were "in Italy at the dawn of Roman history."1999, Jacques Berlinerblau, Heresy in the University: The Black Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals

Forms of Semitise

third-person singular presentSemitises
present participleSemitising
past participleSemitised
pastSemitised

Questions about Semitise

What is Semitise the alternative form of?
Semitise is the alternative form of Semitize.

Words near Semitise in the dictionary

  1. Semiticizes
  2. Semiticizing
  3. Semiticness
  4. Semitics
  5. Semitisation
  6. Semitise
  7. Semitised
  8. Semitises
  9. Semitising
  10. Semitism
  11. Semitisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Semitise (page history and authors); Semitize (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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