Atticise

Atticise
Atticize or Atticise /atˈi-sīz/ transitive verb
To make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica
intransitive verb
1. To use the idioms of the Athenians
2. To side with the Athenians
3. To affect Attic or Greek style or manners
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Main Entry:Attic

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  • atticise — (Brit.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticised — atticise (Brit.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticises — atticise (Brit.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticising — atticise (Brit.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticize — /at euh suyz /, v., atticized, atticizing. (often cap.) v.i. 1. to affect Attic style, usages, etc.; intermingle with Attic elements. 2. to favor or side with the Athenians. v.t. 3. to make conformable to Attic usage. Also, esp. Brit., atticise.… …   Universalium

  • atticize — (Amer.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticized — atticize (Amer.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticizes — atticize (Amer.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atticizing — atticize (Amer.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • -ise — I. a suffix of verbs having the following senses: 1. intransitively, of following some line of action, practice, policy, etc., as in Atticise, apologise, economise, theorise, tyrannise, or of becoming (as indicated), as crystallise and oxidise… …  

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