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Rebarbarize

Re-bar′ba-rize

(rē-bär′bȧ-rīz)
,
Verb.
T.
To reduce again to barbarism.
Re-barˊba-ri-za′tion
(rē-bär′bȧ-rĭ-zā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
Germany . . .
rebarbarized
by polemical theology and religious wars.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Definition 2024


rebarbarize

rebarbarize

English

Verb

rebarbarize (third-person singular simple present rebarbarizes, present participle rebarbarizing, simple past and past participle rebarbarized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce again to a state of barbarism.
    Germany [] rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton.

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