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syncretize, v.|ˈsɪŋkrɪtaɪz|
[ad. mod.L. syncrētizāre, ad. Gr. συγκρητίζειν to combine, as two parties against a third (of uncertain etymology; explained in the 16th and 17th c. as ‘to form alliances in the manner of the Cretans’).]
1. intr. To practise syncretism; to attempt to combine different or opposing tenets or systems; † loosely, to agree, accord.
1675Alsop Anti-sozzo 326 If..we consider which of Christs spiritual Excellencies syncretize with them [sc. the types]. a1698in R. Ferguson View Eccles. 55 A Phrase which carrieth an odd sound, and syncretizeth with the Nestorian Gibberish. 1698S. Clarke Script. Justif. Introd. B 3, Why may not the extending it further be charged as a Syncretising with the Antinomians? 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 470/2 Their..syncretizing attitude towards the New Testament.
2. trans. To treat in the way of syncretism; to combine, as different systems, etc.
1907Hibbert Jrnl. Jan. 276 One cannot merely syncretise religions. |