Ăt'ti-cīze1, v. t.
[Gr. Ἀττικίζειν, Lat. atticismare.] To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica; as, adjectives in ως, when Atticized, become ως.
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[Gr. Ἀττικίζειν, Lat. atticismare.] To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica; as, adjectives in ως, when Atticized, become ως.
v. i. 1. To use Atticisms, or the idiom of the Athenians.
Sense 2. To side with the Athenians, or to subserve the interests of Athens. Smith's Thucydides.