Graecise
English
Verb
Graecise (third-person singular simple present Graecises, present participle Graecising, simple past and past participle Graecised)
- Alternative form of Grecize
- 1844, Fraser's Magazine - Volume 30, page 442:
- We would have despised Nero for his attempt to Graecise the Roman race as heartily as did Vespasian.
- 1853, The Journal of Sacred Literature, page 81:
- Yet how often is the ability thus to Graecise the English translation confounded with a knowledge of Greek New Testament language !
- 1883, Associated Architectural Societies, Reports and Papers - Volumes 17-18, page 268:
- I am disposed also to think that in several respects it may be advantageous to Graecise our Churches in the way of the re-introduction of the Eastern screen and curtain or KaTaireTaoyia ; on this rational principle, that when the Altar is wanted, for the Liturgy that is, it should be open to view; but when not wanted, i.e., for any other service such as Mattins or Evensong, it should be veiled.
- 1910, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Tragdy of the Caesars:
- There was no attempt made by the artists to Graecise the face of Tiberius, which diverges widely from the Greek type of beauty.
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