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barbarize

[ bahr-buh-rahyz ]
/ ˈbɑr bəˌraɪz /
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verb (used with object), bar·ba·rized, bar·ba·riz·ing.
to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language.
verb (used without object), bar·ba·rized, bar·ba·riz·ing.
to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism.
to use barbarisms in speaking or writing.
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Also especially British, bar·ba·rise .

Origin of barbarize

1635–45; partly <Greek barbarízein, equivalent to bárbar(os) barbarian + -izein-ize; partly barbar(ous) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM barbarize

bar·ba·ri·za·tion, nounde·bar·ba·rize, verb (used with object), de·bar·ba·rized, de·bar·ba·riz·ing.un·bar·ba·rize, verb (used with object), un·bar·ba·rized, un·bar·ba·riz·ing.
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How to use barbarize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for barbarize

barbarize

barbarise

/ (ˈbɑːbəˌraɪz) /

verb
to make or become barbarous
to use barbarisms in (language)

Derived forms of barbarize

barbarization or barbarisation, noun
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