barbarise
- a variation of barbarize.
Example Sentences
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"Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in."
From The Potiphar Papers by Curtis, George William
Manners are what vex or sooth, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarise or refine, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
But we, who live remote from history and monuments, we must read or we must barbarise.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
Meantime, while I inwardly rejoice, I am against all outward signs, beyond such as are purely local, of exultation, for they are not chivalrous, and they would tend to barbarise political warfare.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
