Archaize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Archaize is a verb meaning (transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
Meaning
(transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- archaizes
- archaizing
- archaized
- archaise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archaise, archaicise, causeing, uparch, archetype, aeriate.
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