atticize

t. & i. [In Lat. attic is so; from Gr. ἀττικίζω ( attikizō ).] A. Transitive: To cause to conform to the idiom of Attica, or of its capital, Athens. B. Intransitive: To speak or write like a native of Attica. "If any will still excuse the tyrant for atticising in those circumstances, "-Bentley: Di ert . upon Phalaris , p. 817.