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barbarize

American  
[bahr-buh-rahyz] / ˈbɑr bəˌraɪz /
especially British, barbarise

verb (used with object)

barbarized, barbarizing

  1. to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt.

    foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language.

verb (used without object)

barbarized, barbarizing

  1. to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism.

  2. to use barbarisms in speaking or writing.

barbarize British  
/ ˈbɑːbəˌraɪz /

verb

  1. to make or become barbarous

  2. to use barbarisms in (language)

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Etymology

Origin of barbarize

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

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