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ARCHAIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they archaize ... he / she / it archaizes
Past simple: archaized
-ing form: archaizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give an archaic appearance of character to
Example:
archaized craftwork
Synonyms:
archaise; archaize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "archaize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
archaist (a person who archaizes)