stylize
[ stahy-lahyz ]
/ ˈstaɪ laɪz /
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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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Also especially British, styl·ise .
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Words nearby stylize
stylish, stylist, stylistic, stylistics, stylite, stylize, stylo-, stylobate, styloglossus, stylograph, stylographic
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“I know they stylize and overdramatize some of the fights…but ultimately it comes back to the story,” he says.
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British Dictionary definitions for stylize
stylize
stylise
/ (ˈstaɪlaɪz) /
verb
(tr) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
Derived forms of stylize
stylization or stylisation, nounstylizer or styliser, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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