- atticise
- atticise (Brit.) v. side with the Athenians; use Attic idiom; use Attic style; use atticism (also atticize)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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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 • • • Main… … Useful english 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… …
