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Hellenise en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Hellenize.
    alt of Hellenize
    • The ancient Greek historian Herodotus claimed that the forebears of the Lycians, the Trm̃mili, "sprang originally from Crete", though modern-day scholars believe they were an Anatolian people who became Hellenised after Alexander the Great seized the region from the Persians in 333 BCE. 2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Hellenised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Hellenised Tense=Past lexicographic
Hellenising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Hellenises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

dehellenise · Helleniser