Hellenize
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- Hellenise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”).
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Hellenize (third-person singular simple present Hellenizes, present participle Hellenizing, simple past and past participle Hellenized)
- (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.
- (transitive) To make or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.
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to become Hellenistic
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to make Hellenistic
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