heathenize

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English

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Etymology

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From heathen +‎ -ize.

Verb

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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.
    Synonym: paganize
    • 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.