Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To make Arabic in form, style, or character.
  • transitive verb To bring under Arab influence or control.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To render Arabic in character; especially, to tinge with Arabisms.

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  • verb transitive To make Arab; to give Arab traits to.

Etymologies

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Arab +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • According to Assyrian advocacy groups, in the 1970s, Saddam destroyed literally hundreds of Assyrian churches and villages as part of his effort to "Arabize" the population.

    Philocrites: April 2003 Archives 2003

  • The Iraqi military routinely harasses resi-dents of the north, and has attempted to "Arabize" the Kurdish, Turkomen, and Assyrian areas in the north.

    Transmittal To Congress On National Emergency Iraq Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1998

  • The Iraqi military routinely harasses residents of the north, and has attempted to "Arabize" the Kurdish, Turkomen, and Assyrian areas in the north.

    Text Of A Letter To Congress On Iraq Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1998

  • The Iraqi military routinely harasses residents of the north, and has attempted to "Arabize" the Kurdish, Turcomen, and Assyrian areas in the north.

    Message To Congress On The National Emergency In Iraq Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1997

  • The Iraqi military routinely harasses residents of the north, and has attempted to "Arabize" the Kurdish, Turcomen, and Assyrian areas in the north.

    President Letter On Actions Re Iraq Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1996

  • The Iraqi military routinely harasses residents of the north, and has attempted to "Arabize" the Kurdish, Turcomen, and Assyrian areas in the north.

    Report On Prohibitions With Respect To Iraq Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1996

  • Previous censuses conducted every 10 years during the Saddam Hussein era are hopelessly unreliable because of efforts at the time to "Arabize" northern Iraq.

    Spero News author unknown 2010

  • In the meantime, Khanaqin and other so-called disputed areas remain targets of Sunni Arab insurgents opposed to Kurdish expansion and vowing to hold onto land seized during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's efforts to "Arabize" the region.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • The former regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had forced over 250,000 Kurdish residents to give up their homes to Arabs in the 1970s, to "Arabize" the city and the region's oil industry.

    Iraq Updates - Latest News 2009

  • For years, extinction looked like a real possibility for Aramaic, especially after the Anfal campaign that lasted from 1986 to 1989, in which Saddam Hussein's government is believed to have destroyed more than 4,000 Kurdish, Christian and other minority villages in Northern Iraq, where Aramaic was widely spoken, in an attempt to "Arabize" the country's minorities.

    Ancient Language Gets Extended Life In Iraq Brooke Anderson 2012

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