Dictionary entry

Christianize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chris″tian‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Christianized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Christianizing.] [Cf. F. christianiser, L. christianizare, fr. Gr. �.]

1. To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

2. To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles.

Christianized philosophers.

I. Taylor.