2 entries under this word

Atticize

Ăt'ti-cīze, v. t.

verbtransitive

[Gr. Ἀττικίζειν, Lat. atticismare.] To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica; as, adjectives in ως, when Atticized, become ως.

Ăt'ti-cīze, v. i.

verbintransitive

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.