Antiquize

Quick meaning: Antiquize is a verb meaning To give the appearance of being an antique.

Meaning

To give the appearance of being an antique.

Example Sentences

[…]I found myself frowning at the painting. Two figures were seated on the lawn, quite like statues. Modern dress, so there was no intent to antiquize.

In Mantova’s Chiesa Sant’Andrea the distinction between the decorative and the figurative is more obvious. There is no overlap, no intermingling between the large paintings, the cupola figurative extravaganza and the ornamental decorations neatly surrounding or supporting them. Whilst the grottesca candelaber pilaster “antiquize”, the figurative scenes narrate Christian stories.

Word Forms

• antiquizes
• antiquizing
• antiquized
• antiquise
• antiquitise
• antiquitize

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include antiquify, antique, oldify, attitudinize, rusticize, rusticise.

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