HEBRAIZE

Etymology

Verb

Hebraize (third-person singular simple present Hebraizes, present participle Hebraizing, simple past and past participle Hebraized)

(transitive) To convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form.

(intransitive) To use Hebrew/Hebraic idioms.

Synonyms

• hebraicise, Hebraicise

• hebraicize, Hebraicize

Source: Wiktionary


He"bra*ize, v. t. Etym: [Gr. hébraïser.]

Definition: To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.

He"bra*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hebraized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hebraizing.]

Definition: To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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