Grecianizing

Variant of Grecize

Grecize definition

Gre·cize (grē′sīz′)

transitive verb Grecized -·cized′, Grecizing -·ciz′·ing

to make Greek; give a Greek form to; Hellenize

Etymology: Fr gréciser < L Graecizare < Graeci, the Greeks

intransitive verb

to imitate the Greeks in language, manner, etc.
Also Grecianize Gre′·cian·ize′ (grē′s̸hən īz′)

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