spheterize

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He also launched the verb ‘to spheterize’ in the sense of to appropriate or make one’s own; but this without success.

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  • He also launched the verb ‘to spheterize’ in the sense of to appropriate or make one’s own; but this without success. —  English Past and Present
 

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  1. from Greek σφετερίζειν, make one's own, from σφέτερος, their own, possessive adjective of the 3d person plural, from σφεῑς, they.
 

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