historicize

[ hi-stawr-uh-sahyz, -stor- ]

verb (used without object)

, his·tor·i·cized, his·tor·i·ciz·ing.

1. to interpret something as a product of historical development.

verb (used with object)

, his·tor·i·cized, his·tor·i·ciz·ing.

1. to narrate as history; render historic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of historicize¹

First recorded in 1840–50; historic + -ize