Definition of Hellenizes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of Hellenize) ¹

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Definition of Hellenizes

1. hellenize [v] - See also: hellenize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hellenizes

helldivers
helldoomed
hellebore
helleborein
hellebores
helleborin
helleborine
helleborines
helleborism
helleborus
helled
hellenization
hellenizations
hellenize
hellenized
hellenizes
hellenizing
hellenophone
heller
helleri
helleries
helleris
hellers
hellery
hellfire
hellfires
hellgramite
hellgramites
hellgrammiate
hellgrammite

Literary usage of Hellenizes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Influences of Geographic Environment, on the Basis of Ratzel's System of by Ellen Churchill Semple (1911)
"... The maritime periphery of a country receives a variety of historical oversea influences, blends and assimilates these to its own culture, Hellenizes, ..."

2. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"... etc. ; and, what is more, he hellenizes even the ideas, especially in the speeches and prayers of the Patriarchs, which he introduces quite in the style ..."

3. The Classical Influence in English Literature in the Nineteenth Century: And by William Chislett (1918)
"Bridges irons out Apuleius; he Hellenizes a Hellenistic African. In his little study of his friend Professor T. Herbert Warren says Bridges was justified ..."

4. Ancient History to the Death of Charlemagne by Willis Mason West (1902)
"In the third period (338-323 BC), Hellas — her civilization now perfected — conquers and Hellenizes ..."

5. Ancient European Philosophy: The History of Greek Philosophy Psychologically by Denton Jaques Snider (1903)
"The Greek National Philosophy passes to other nations and races, which it hellenizes partly, and is partly ..."

6. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ by Emil Schürer (1896)
"241. Alexander—(1) Kings and princes:— Alexander the Great conquers Gaza, ii. i. 68 ; Hellenizes Samaria, п. i. 123 ; sacrifices in Jerusalem, ii 187, ..."

7. European History: Chiefly Ancient, in Its Processes by Denton Jaques Snider (1908)
"The result is a curious double, interacting process: Greece Hellenizes Rome culturally, while Rome associates Greece politically. Each despises the other, ..."

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