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Webster 1913 Edition


Heathenize

Hea′then-ize

(-īz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Heathenized
(-īzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Heathenizing
(-īˊzĭng)
.]
To render heathen or heathenish.
Firmin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Heathenize

HE'ATHENIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To render heathen or heathenish.

Definition 2024


heathenize

heathenize

English

Verb

heathenize (third-person singular simple present heathenizes, present participle heathenizing, simple past and past participle heathenized)

  1. (transitive) To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.
    • 1698, Stephen Nye, An account of Mr. Firmin's religion
      The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons.