Medievalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Medievalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make medieval.
Meaning
(transitive) To make medieval.
Example Sentences
I don't mean that you are to Grecianize their dress, any more than medievalize it.
The "Mort d' Arthur," on the contrary, has become the plaything of medievalizing folk in modern England.
We may notice the 3rd, 6th and 7th examples, designed by Mr. W. T. Sams, especially the first named, a lumpy and mediævalized Town Hall.
In the former we find erotic poems that medievalize classical Latin verse under the guidance of Neoplatonic rhetoric, to produce mannered, pedantic play with poetic language and form that takes advantage of erotic situations for grammatical and rhetorical ends.
Word Forms
- medievalizes
- medievalizing
- medievalized
- mediaevalise
- mediaevalize
- medievalise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include medievalise, mediaevalize, mediaevalise, feudalize, postmodernize, westernize.
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