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stylize

[stahy-lahyz]
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verb (used with object), styl·ized, styl·iz·ing.

to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.

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RELATED WORDS

conform, accord, formalize

Nearby words

  1. stylistician,
  2. stylistics,
  3. stylite,
  4. stylites,
  5. stylitic,
  6. stylized,
  7. stylo-,
  8. stylobate,
  9. stylograph,
  10. stylographic
Also especially British, styl·ise.

Origin of stylize

First recorded in 1895–1900; style + -ize
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British Dictionary definitions for stylize

stylize

stylise

verb

(tr) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
Derived Formsstylization or stylisation, nounstylizer or styliser, noun
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Word Origin and History for stylize

stylize

v.

1898 (implied in stylized), from style (n.) + -ize. Perhaps a translation of German stilisieren.

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