archaize

American  

[ahr-kee-ahyz, -key-] / ˈɑr kiˌaɪz, -keɪ- /

especially British, archaise

verb (used with object)

archaized, archaizing

1. to give an archaic appearance or quality to.

   The poet archaized her work with many Elizabethan words.

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verb (used without object)

archaized, archaizing

1. to use archaisms.

archaize British  

/ -keɪ-, ˈɑːkɪˌaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to give an archaic appearance or character to, as by the use of archaisms

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Other Word Forms

• archaizer noun

Etymology

Origin of archaize

First recorded in 1840–50, archaize is from the Greek word archaízein to imitate the language of ancient authors. See archaeo-, -ize

Example Sentences

Remarkably, the inscriptions on both pieces say that they were destined for a temple in Inner Mongolia, telling us that these archaizing vessels had a ritual purpose.

From New York Times

Like Macpherson, he answers to Pope's description of archaizing authors,— Ancients in words, mere moderns in their sense.

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