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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conform, accord, formalize

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Also especially British, styl·ise.

Origin of stylize

First recorded in 1895–1900; style + -ize

Related forms

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

un·styl·ized, adjective

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Examples from the Web for stylized

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.
The Dark Rock Star Fantasy of Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane|Liza Foreman|September 24, 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.
Hugh Dancy on ‘Hannibal’s’ Brilliantly Batsh*t Finale and the Future of Will Graham|Marlow Stern|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A stylized video of their product sponsored by GE garnered thousands of views and likes when Hövdings began selling a year later.
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Maybe the stylized representation of native plants and animals.
Key Out of Time|Andre Alice Norton
But they were only stylized gestures leading to conditioned reflexes deep in the medulla.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
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
The patterns are all stylized, designs copied from nature being rare.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard
The figure with the stylized jackal head was Anubis, the god of death.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for stylized

stylize

stylise

/ (ˈstaɪlaɪz) /

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 stylized

stylize

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

stylize

verb (used with object), styl·ized, styl·iz·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for stylized

stylize

stylise

verb

Word Origin and History for stylized

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