Hellenicizev.
/hᵻˈlɛnɪsʌɪz/, /hɛˈlɛnɪsʌɪz/, U.S. /hɛˈlɛnᵻsaɪz/ transitive. To make Greek; to Hellenize.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [verb (transitive)]
Grecanize1611
Graecize1702
Hellenize1728
Greekize1800
Hellenicize1852
Grecianize1884
1852 Fraser's Mag. June 635/2 Others..resolved to hellenicise the name.
1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xvii. 454 We cannot conclude..that the Chaldean rules had been already Hellenicized.
2002 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 15 Aug. A nation that once sought to Hellenicize the world has given up on making olive oil a staple abroad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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