ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Hebra ic + -ize
intransitive verb
1. : to use Hebraisms
must impeach him not only for atticizing but for hebraizing too — Richard Bentley †1742
2. : to follow Hebraism
here he is hebraizing and introducing an element … foreign to the law of our race — Frederick Pollock & F.W.Maitland
transitive verb
: to make Hebraic:
a. : to cause to become adapted to Hebraism
hebraize this fact, erect a cosmology upon it, and we have the vital principle of Calvinism — V.L.Parrington
b. : to adapt (a foreign word) to Hebrew usage ; specifically : to change (a name) to a Hebrew equivalent
hebraized his name when Israel was reborn — Hadassah Newsletter