Babelize

American  

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

especially British, Babelise

verb (used with object)

(sometimes lowercase)

Babelized, Babelizing

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

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Other Word Forms

• Babelization noun

Etymology

Origin of Babelize

First recorded in 1590–1600; Babel + -ize

Example Sentences

A history of celebrated associations, from the building society just mentioned down to the thousands which are represented by an office, a secretary, and a brass-plate, in the present day, would give a curious scheme of the natural tendencies of man; while the story of their failures—and how many have not failed, sooner or later!—would be a pretty moral lesson to your anthropolaters who Babelize now-a-days, and believe there is nothing which a company with capital cannot achieve.

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