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.

Also especially British, styl·ise.

Origin of stylize

First recorded in 1895–1900; style + -ize

Related formsstyl·i·za·tion, nounstyl·iz·er, nounnon·sty·li·za·tion, nounnon·styl·ized, adjectiveun·styl·ized, adjective

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Related Words for stylize

conform, accord, formalize

Examples from the Web for stylize

Contemporary Examples of stylize

“I know they stylize and overdramatize some of the fights…but ultimately it comes back to the story,” he says.
Spartacus Hero Liam McIntyre’s Unlikely Rise into the Role
Adam Auriemma
January 27, 2012

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

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