archaize

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Pronunciation

/ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/

Definition of archaize

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.

“The statue had an archaized quality to it.”
“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.”

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verb

(British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.

“The statue had an archaized quality to it.”
“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.”
(British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.

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From Ancient Greek ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō).

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