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A⋅rab⋅i⋅cize

[uh-rab-uh-sahyz]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -cized, -ciz⋅ing.
1. (of a language or a linguistic feature) to make or become Arabic in form.
2. Arabize.
Also, especially British, A⋅rab⋅⋅i⋅cise.


Origin:
1870–75; Arabic + -ize


A⋅rab⋅i⋅ci⋅za⋅⋅tion, noun
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