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 .

Origin of stylize

First recorded in 1895–1900; style + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM stylize

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

un·styl·ized, adjective

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How to use stylize in a sentence

In a guide-stylized write-up, you will need to add as many tips as possible.
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The result was a kind of stylized, Instragram documentary of what had already become the longest war in American history.
War Is About More Than Heroes, Martyrs, and Patriots|Nathan Bradley Bethea|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Sonic, the images that show the business of looking messy and a little druggy are all so stylized, serious, and concentrated.
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And many point to the hyper-stylized ones in Playboy magazine as models of pussy perfection, he says.
Beware the Designer Vagina|Lizzie Crocker|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But what looked fun and stylized in a 1953 film looked bizarre on primetime TV in 2014.
Hugh Jackman's Tony Jumping Fail, Plus the Winners and Standout Moments of Broadway's Biggest Night|Tim Teeman|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Normally, the violence on Hannibal is so stylized to put it at a remove, but all of that went out the window in that last scene.
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There is so little real passion, so much caution—the arts, for instance, are becoming ever more stylized.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
But they were only stylized gestures leading to conditioned reflexes deep in the medulla.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
In its right talon the eagle is grasping what appear to be rather stylized thunderbolts, and in its left, arrows.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851|J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.
The knob on the cover of the tureen is a stylized bunch of grapes.
Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology|Margaret Brown Klapthor
Magnificent black-stone villas, surrounded by stylized gardens, were on both sides of the green highway.
The Instant of Now|Irving E. Cox, Jr.

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, noun

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stylize

Origin of stylize

OTHER WORDS FROM stylize

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British Dictionary definitions for stylize

stylise

Derived forms of stylize