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Grae⋅cize

  [gree-sahyz]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -cized, -ciz⋅ing. Chiefly British.
Grecize.
Also, Graecise.

Related forms:
Graecism, noun

Gre⋅cism

  [gree-siz-uhm]
–noun
1. the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
2. adoption or imitation of this.
3. an idiom or peculiarity of Greek.
Also, especially British, Graecism.

Origin:
1560–70; < ML Graecismus, equiv. to L Graec(us) Greek + -ismus -ism
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