transitive verb
intransitive verb
-·tized·, -·tiz·ing to join together in a syncretic way
Origin of syncretize
Modern Latin syncretizare from Classical Greek synkr?tizein, back-formation from synkr?tismos: see syncretismsyncretize
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syncretize
verb
syn·cre·tized, syn·cre·tiz·ing, syn·cre·tiz·esverb
transitiveTo reconcile and unite (differing religious beliefs, for example), especially with partial success or a heterogeneous result.
verb
intransitiveTo combine differing elements or beliefs, especially with partial success or a heterogeneous result.
Origin of syncretize
Greek sunkrētizein to unite against a common enemy ; see syncretism .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present syncretizes, present participle syncretizing, simple past and past participle syncretized)
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