archaize
Pronunciations
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/ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/
Verb
To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
Usage- British
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- Transitive
- Examples
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The statue had an archaized quality to it.
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An Egyptologist's mind immediately turns to the ancient Egyptian counterpart to such an imagined protosactuary: a reed hut that all late Egyptian temples, in their archaizing longing to return to the origins, sought to emulate in stone through the typically Egyptian temple features of inward-sloping walls, torus and corvetto cornice.
To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
Usage- British
- English
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- Intransitive
Verb
give an archaic appearance of character to
- Synonyms
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archaized craftwork
Word forms
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