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Babelize

American

[bay-buh-lahyz, bab-uh-] / ˈbeɪ bəˌlaɪz, ˈbæb ə- /

especially British, Babelise

verb (used with object)

(sometimes lowercase)

Babelized, Babelizing

to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.

Other Word Forms

Babelization

noun

Etymology

Origin of Babelize

First recorded in 1590–1600; Babel + -ize

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Babelized

He paused in his fluent Arabic, while several interpreters Babelized his speech into English, Hebrew and other tongues.

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