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  1. \Ju"da*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Judaized}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Judaizing}.] [Cf. F. juda["i]ser.]
    To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the
    Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.
          They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far
          as to observe the rites of Moses in various instances.
          They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation
          of the Mosaic law.                       --Bp. Bull.
    
  2. \Ju"da*ize\, v. t.
    To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to
    Judaism.
          The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.
                                                   --Milton.
    
 

 

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