Semiticize, v.
(sɪˈmɪtɪsaɪz)
[f. Semitic a. + -ize.]
trans. = Semitize v.
| 1859 R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXXIX. 48 The..Sawahili races, mulattos, originally African, but semiticised like the Moplahs of Malabar by Yemeni or Omani blood [etc.]. 1881 Athenæum 9 July 48/1 The word became Semiticized by the Assyrians into Dumuzu. |
Hence Seˈmiticized ppl. a.; Seˈmiticizing vbl. n.
| 1863 R. F. Burton Wand. W. Africa I. 188 With..faces like the Semiticized negroids generally. 1887 Athenæum 28 May 698/3 He informs us..that Anu was a Semitic god, whereas it is only a Semiticized form of the Accadian Anna. 1885 Academy 3 Jan. 15/1, I used to watch with much interest the Semiticising of foreign names in Syria. |