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Greekify

verb

Etymology

From Greek + -ify.

  1. derived from grec
  2. derived from Graecus
  3. inherited from *Krēkō✻
  4. inherited from Grēcas — “Greeks”
  5. inherited from Grēcas
  6. suffixed as greekify — “Greek + ify”

Definitions

  1. to make Greek.

    • Although he was an opponent of the populares, no one did more than Cicero to Latinize Greek rhetoric and Greekify Roman oratory.
    • Led by his son Judah the Hammer (Judah Maccabee), the rebels fought a guerrilla war, not only against the Syrian army of occupation, but also against the Jewish priests and nobles who were trying to Greekify the Jewish religion.
    • The guards in the king's retinue had tried to Greekify their helmets by sewing on pieces of boar tusk, though the tusky chunks flapped around like hangnails.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA