"Greekize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: Greekizes [present, singular, third-person], Greekizing [participle, present], Greekized [participle, past], Greekized [past]
Etymology: Greek + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Greek|ize}} Greek + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Greekize (third-person singular simple present Greekizes, present participle Greekizing, simple past and past participle Greekized)
  1. To make Greek or Greek-like; Synonyms (To make Greek): Greekify, Hellenize
    Sense id: en-Greekize-en-verb-oO~jUQt0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'To make Greek': 68 32
  2. To behave and speak like a Greek. Synonyms (To behave like a Greek): Hellenize
    Sense id: en-Greekize-en-verb-vOm95GnJ Disambiguation of 'To behave like a Greek': 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Greekise

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