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Meaning of GRECIZE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Gre"cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grecized}; p. pr. & vb.
    n. {Grecizing}.] [Cf. F. gr['e]ciser.]
    1. To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in
       another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is
       Grecized. --T. Warton.
    2. To translate into Greek.
    
  2. \Gre"cize\, Grecianize \Gre"cian*ize\, v. i.
    To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.
    
 

 

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