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To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
Examples
- The statue had an archaized quality to it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
give an archaic appearance of character to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: archaise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
arcaïtzar
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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French:
archaïser
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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German:
archaisieren
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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German:
altertümeln
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Greek:
αρχαΐζω
(archaḯzo)
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Norwegian:
arkaisere
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Polish:
archaizować
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Polish:
zarchaizować
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Portuguese:
arcaizar
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Romanian:
arhaiza
— To give an archaic quality or character to
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Swedish:
arkaisera
— To give an archaic quality or character to