judaize

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judaize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Judaize \Ju"da*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Judaized; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Judaizing.] [Cf. F. juda["i]ser.]
     To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the
     Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.
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           They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far
           as to observe the rites of Moses in various instances.
           They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation
           of the Mosaic law.                       --Bp. Bull.
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  Judaize \Ju"da*ize\, v. t.
     To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to
     Judaism.
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           The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.
                                                    --Milton.
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