Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To use Atticisms or idioms peculiar to Attic Greek.
  • To favor or side with the Athenians. Dean Smith.
  • To make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica.
  • Also spelled Atticise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.
  • intransitive verb To side with the Athenians.
  • intransitive verb To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

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