barbarize
[ bahr-buh-rahyz ]
/ ˈbɑr bəˌraɪz /
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.
RELATED WORDS
Nearby words
- barbarian,
- barbarianize,
- barbaric,
- barbarism,
- barbarity,
- barbarossa,
- barbarossa i,
- barbarossa ii,
- barbarossa, frederick,
- barbarous
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
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Examples from the Web for barbarize
In this age, poverty tends to barbarize men; it shuts them out from the educational influences of our times.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3)|Theodore ParkerThis might tend to barbarize, demoralize, and exasperate the whole mass and produce most deplorable consequences.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|James D. RichardsonIf the most effectual method of degrading woman be to barbarize man, the certain means of dignifying her is to christianize him.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II|Francis Augustus Cox
barbarize
barbarise
/ (ˈbɑːbəˌraɪz) /
verb
to make or become barbarous
to use barbarisms in (language)
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