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Webster 1913 Edition

Barbarize

Bar′ba-rize

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Barbarized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Barbarizing
.]
1.
To become barbarous.
The Roman empire was
barbarizing
rapidly from the time of Trajan.
De Quincey.
2.
To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
The ill habit . . . of wretched
barbarizing
against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms.
Milton.

Bar′ba-rize

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
barbariser
, LL.
barbarizare
.]
To make barbarous.
The hideous changes which have
barbarized
France.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barbarize

B'ARBARIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make barbarous.
Hideous changes have barbarized France.

Definition 2024

barbarize

barbarize

English

Verb

barbarize ‎(third-person singular simple present barbarizes, present participle barbarizing, simple past and past participle barbarized)

  1. (transitive) To cause to become savage or uncultured.
  2. (intransitive) To become savage or uncultured.
    • De Quincey
      The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan.
  3. (intransitive) To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
    • Milton
      The ill habit […] of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms.

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