Judaize
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdeɪˌaɪz/, /ˈd͡ʒuːdiˌaɪz/
Verb
Judaize (third-person singular simple present Judaizes, present participle Judaizing, simple past and past participle Judaized)
- (transitive) To impose Jewish beliefs or customs on; to convert to Judaism; to make Jewish.
- 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC:
- The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.
- a. 1710, George Bull, sermon:
- They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law.
Derived terms
Translations
to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
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References
- “Judaize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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