archaize

American

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

especially British, archaise

verb (used with object)

archaized, archaizing

to give an archaic appearance or quality to.

The poet archaized her work with many Elizabethan words.

verb (used without object)

archaized, archaizing

to use archaisms.

archaize British

/ -keɪ-, ˈɑːkɪˌaɪz /

verb

(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

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archaizing

Beuys' imagery of survival is intensely romantic and archaizing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Bernbaum, Ernest

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